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.

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 ...

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The Schenectady Fire Department responded to two fires on Sunday, and officials have released the cause of each.

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 ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Forged Underwriters Laboratories stickers on e-bike and scooter chargers and batteries in New York City are being sought out by the FDNY in what is described as a serious fire ...

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 ...