"We will be out in this community and communities all over the city in the days and weeks ahead, handing out fire safety literature, handing out smoke alarms," Kavanagh said. A fire linked to an e-scooter killed a 9-year-old boy in Queens in September 2021. Those have resulted in at least six deaths, he said.Īn electric scooter battery sparked a fire that killed an 8-year-old girl in Queens in September, and a woman and a 5-year-old girl were killed in August in Harlem by a fire that was blamed on a scooter battery. CUNY Commencement Address Sparks Firestorm Over Comments on Israel, ‘Fascist' NYPDīased upon what was uncovered inside the fire unit, officials believe that its occupant repaired bikes.įlynn said about 200 fires across the city were sparked by lithium-ion batteries just this year.
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