A 76-year-old grandmother was killed when an e-bike battery exploded like a “blowtorch” inside a Queens pizzeria on the Fourth of July – trapping her as she tried to leave the bathroom, the FDNY said.

Security video captured the frightening moment an e-bike battery burst into flames inside an Ann Arbor garage early Tuesday ...

Federal safety regulators are warning owners of Rad Power Bikes to stop using certain lithium-ion batteries immediately after reports of explosions. The new information may shed light on the company’s ...

ANN ARBOR, MI - Two cats were rescued by Ann Arbor fire crews after an e-bike caught fire early Tuesday. Crews were called around 2:20 a.m. May 26 to a house fire in the 1000 block of Ravenwood Street ...

MACKINAC ISLAND - Staff at a popular downtown Mackinac Island gift shop say they’re feeling relieved - and very grateful to the island’s volunteer firefighters - after a Friday night blaze threatened ...

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A 69-year-old Brooklyn man died when he was trapped in his apartment early Wednesday by a fire sparked by an exploding e-bike battery, FDNY officials said. The victim was killed by the blaze that ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The explosion early on a June morning ignited a blaze that engulfed a New York City shop filled with motorized bicycles and their volatile lithium-ion batteries. Billowing smoke ...