Parma Fire Marshall, Captain Ricky Fetter, said if left charging for too long unattended, lithium batteries can overheat and combust.
PARMA, Ohio — Lithium batteries can be found in electric cars, bikes, scooters, household products like lawnmowers, and even cell phones. U.S. safety regulators are seeing a surge in fires associated with e-bicycles, scooters, and hoverboards. Earlier this week, two New York City firefighters were injured after a fire started at an e-bike shop.
“A lot of people are taking a normal bicycle and are getting the conversation kit to make it an e-bike,” said Fetter. “The problem with that is most of them aren’t certified and when they are not certified, anything can happen.” “You have a battery and there could be 100 cells,” Fetter said. “In that battery, if one cell lights off, every other cell is going to light off. It’s almost impossible to put these fires out once they start.”“It’s costing a lot more manpower, time and effort to put these out,” Fetter said. “And eventually we have to dispose of that battery, and you have the clean-up costs associated with that as well.
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