Mahaz News
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At least seven folks have been injured in a five-alarm hearth nonetheless raging within the Bronx neighborhood of New York City, the New York Fire Department stated.
A civilian and an emergency providers employee had been critically injured, and 5 firefighters obtained minor accidents, the hearth division advised Mahaz News Sunday.
Almost 200 firefighters are nonetheless preventing the hearth, which began round 10:45 a.m. Sunday within the roof of the rear a part of a single-level industrial constructing on Grand Concourse and 181st Street, in accordance with the New York Police Department.
Earlier, a FDNY spokesperson stated the hearth might have been ignited by a lithium-ion battery in an e-bike.
FDNY Commissioner Laura Kavanagh stated Friday there had been greater than 400 fires attributable to lithium-ion batteries in New York City prior to now 4 years.
In an opinion piece for a neighborhood web site, Kavanagh stated: “These fires start quickly, grow rapidly, offer little time to escape, consume everything in their path, and are very difficult to extinguish.”
Source web site: www.cnn.com
