MORRIS HEIGHTS, The Bronx (PIX11) — EMTs rushed two people to the hospital and treated one other person on the scene after an e-bike battery ignited in a high-rise at River Park Towers in the Bronx Wednesday morning.
It’s the latest in a long series of e-bike and e-scooter battery fires in the city that have left six people dead and at least 130 injured. It’s also helping to increase calls for more regulations regarding lithium-ion batteries.
The fire broke out on the 31st floor of the southernmost of the three high-rises at River Park Towers at around 11:40 a.m. on Wednesday.
FDNY Deputy Chief Michael Gunning oversaw the fire engines and ambulances that responded. He said that the blaze, whose smoke was visible blocks away, was ignited by the batteries of an e-bike in the high-rise apartment.
“They’re very volatile,” Chief Gunning said, “and…