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January 2021Soundview, Bronx, NY A scooter’s lithium ion battery sparked a building fire that left 12 people injured, four critically. The escooter was located in the living room
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January 2021Zhongshan, Guangdong, China
A Chery Arrizo E model (or its rebadged Kaiyi version), used for ride-hailing service is filmed catching fire while charging.
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February 2021Acton, London, UK Eight fire engines and around 60 firefighters attended a blaze at a house in Acton which involved an electric bike battery.
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Februrary 2021Changwon, South Korea
An all-electric Hyundai Elec City electric bus caught fire while driving in South Korea. The fire broke out on the roof where the battery is located.
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March 2021Darlinghurst, Sydney, Australia A three level house fire was caused by a charging ebike battery.
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March 2021Erith, London, UK Six fire engines and around 40 firefighters tackled a fire at a flat on Callender Road in Erith which involved an escooter which was on charge.
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April 2021Teddington, London, UK A hotel room and ebike were damaged from a battery that was being charged and caught alight.
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May 2021Southwark, UK A flat on the ground floor of a three-storey block was damaged by a fire from a charging escooter.
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May 2021Knightland Road, Hackney, UKAn escooter caught alight outside a block of flats.
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May 2021Fyshwick, ACTA fire at Beam’s escooter warehouse in Fyshwick destroys several escooters and batteries.
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May 2021Tottenham, UKA fire occured in a flat from a ebike, requiring four fire engines and around 25 firefighters
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May 2021Clapham, UKAn apartment fire caused by a fault in a battery unit for an electric bike which was on charge at the time of the fire.
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July 2021Brooklyn, NY An electric scooter being charged is the cause of a fire that burned through a residential building in New York City, killing one and injuring 11
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June 2021Wiltshire, Swindon, UKA garage fire was caused by an ebike battery charging.
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June 2021Wood Green, Haringey, London, UKInvestigators believe a house fire was caused by a lithium-ion battery fitted to an electric bike that was charging.
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June 2021Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, South ChinaAn electric bus caught fire on university campus in southern China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region spreading to four other buses.
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July 2021Sandvikstorget i Bergen.A Voi electric scooter found on fire in Norway
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July 2021Fyshwick, ACT, Australia A fire at an electric scooter battery storage facility on Fyshwick has been extinguished by an ACT Fire & Rescue crew.
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July 2021Eastbourne, Sussex, UKA fire was caused by an ebike battery that had ‘exploded’ whilst charging in the kitchen area.
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July 2021Islington, London, UKAn apartment and its contents burn as a result of “an electrical event within a lithium-ion battery pack for an electric bicycle”.
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July 2021Santa Barbara, California, US
Motorcycle or electric bike was photographed on fire in front of a Toyota dealership.
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July 2021Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
A father and daughter are left with 90% burns after an ebike spontaneously combusted.
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August 2021Golders Green, Barnet, UK An electric scooter in the bathroom of a second-floor flat was destroyed by fire.
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August 2021Colliers Wood, UKPart of a four-roomed flat on the first floor of the building was damaged by an escooter fire.
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August 2021Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina, USA large house was destroyed and another significantly damaged from charging ebikes.
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August 2021Manhattan, NYA food delivery electric bike caught fire outside of the Eugene Restaurant
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August 2021Bethnal Green, London, UKAn ebike catches fire chained to a post outside a McDonalds restaurant.
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September 2021Queens, Brooklyn, USThe charging of an ebike battery caused a house fire in Queens that left a 9-year-old-boy dead.
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September 2021Austin, Texas An early morning fire at a northwest Austin hotel was believed to be caused by an ebike battery that was charging in the room.
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September 2021Hyderabad, Telangana, IndiaA Pure EV Epluto 7G e-scooter is seen emitting heavy grey smoke before catching fire.
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September 2021Shefford, Central Bedfordshire, UKA serious house fire in Shefford was caused by a newly-purchased escooter.
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October 2021Stanmore, UK An escooter caught fire while being held in lost property.
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October 2021Brooklyn, NY, USOn October 9,  FDNY members observed 12 electric bicycles on the fifth floor of a residential building in Brooklyn. The investigation revealed that the lithium-ion batteries were charging at the time of the fire. There were a total of four injuries.
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October 2021Brooklyn, NY, USOn October 12, a 2-alarm fire in the Bronx started on the fourth floor of a residential building. One individual was seriously injured at this fire. On the same day, a fire began in Brooklyn and a lithium-ion battery was identified as the cause.  
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October 2021Brooklyn, NY, USOn October 15, it was determined that a fire was started in the Bronx due to an exploding lithium-ion battery.
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October 2021North Woolwich, Newham, London, UKPart of a three-roomed flat on the second floor of the building was damaged by a fire investigators believe the fire was accidental and caused by lithium-ion batteries for an electric bicycle.
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October 2021Stuttgart, Germany A fire that is believed to be caused by an ebus Mercedes eCitaro at a depot destroys 25 buses. MVG Munich takes eight buses out of service in reponse.
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November 2021Parsons Green station in Fulham, UKAn electric scooter caught fire on a London Underground train
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November 2021Thornton Health, London, UKEbike battery caused a fire in a mid-terraced house.
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December 2021Astoria, Queens An e-scooter left charging in the basement of an Astoria cafe set a building ablaze.
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December 2021Manhattan, NYA battery from an electric bike caused a fourth-floor fire where one man died, a woman and two teenagers were injured in the fire. The man killed was charging nine ebike batteries inside his apartment.
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December 2021Bristol, UKA Voi escooter on long term rental caught fire at a renter's home.
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December 2021Mumbai, Maharashtra, IndiaSuper Eco's X1 electric scooter catches fire in Mumbai
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January 2022Manhattan, NYA lithium-ion battery on a delivery bike suddenly caught fire, causing mini explosions as it burned on the street
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January 2022Bronx, NYA massive fire that tore through a six-story Bronx building early Saturday, seriously injuring a firefighter, was sparked by a charging dirt bike battery in a ground-floor restaurant, FDNY officials said
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January 2022Bristol, UK​​A number of Voi escooters were damaged following a fire at a storage warehouse on New Year's Day.
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January 2022Kirchheim bei München, GermanyA warehouse for housing Voi escooter batteries caught fire. More than 100 firefighters put out the fire.
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January 2022Dad’s Wood, Harlow, UKA Privately owned escooter caught fire at a residential communal area.
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January 2022Leystone, Waltham Forest A ground floor terrace flat was damaged as a result of a fire caused by a charging ebike
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January 2022Willesden, Brent, UKFour adults and one child were rescued by crews from a first floor roof flowing a flat fire.They were suffering from smoke inhalation and treated on scene by London Ambulance Service (LAS). One man evacuated before the Brigade arrived and was suffering from smoke inhalation and burns and was taken to hospital by LAS.
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February 2022Peplow Close, West Drayton, UKA house fire on Peplow Close in West Drayton involved a private electric scooter. Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus rescued a dog from the first floor of the house. A scooter was being charged under the stairs in the open plan living room.
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February 2022St John's Wood, Westminster, UKAn apartment caught fire while an ebike was charging. The ebike was stored in the hallway of the ground floor flat
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Februrary 2022Brixton. London, UK A second-floor flat was damaged by fire due to an ebike charging.
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February 2022Telagana, India An electric bus caught fire while charging.
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February 2022Atlantic OceanA cargo ship, the Felicity Ace, with about 4,000 vehicles aboard, including electric vehicles, caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean. The wreck is currently sitting on the bottom of the ocean.
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March 2021Chennai, India An escooter (moped) that appears to be a Pure EV EPluto 7G catches fire on the side of the road.
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March 2022Pune, India An Ola S1 Pro electric scooter (moped) caught fire in Pune while parked in a roadside on a busy street.
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March 2022Wakely Road, Kinson, Bournemouth, UKThree people were taken to hospital after a property fire broke out caused by batteries that were being charged for an ebike.
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March 2022Bayside, Queens, NY A fire broke out Monday in the basement of a Bayside restaurant where an ebike was being stored.
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March 2022Green River, UtahA house fire was caused by an electric bike’s rechargeable battery pack that was plugged in and malfunctioned.
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March 2022East Ham, UKA blaze that broke out in a house, leading to a man being hospitalised, was caused by an ebike charging.
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March 2022Stepney Green. Tower Hamlets Half of a four-roomed, split-level apartment was damaged from a fire caused by a charging ebike.
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March 2022Bow, Tower Hamlets, London, UK A house fire is caused by a lithium-ion battery for an ebike that had been on charge.
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March 2022Brisbane, Queensland, Australia A father-to-be has died while his pregnant partner was badly burned during a Queensland caravan fire that was believed to have been started by an escooter battery.
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March 2022Velore India An electric scooter, from Okinawa Electric, caught fire in Vellore, leading to the deaths of a man and his 13-year-old daughter. According to initial reports the user plugged the charger of the electric scooter into an old socket, which could be of less voltage capacity to charge an e-bike and led to a short circuit.
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April 2022Rochester Way, Eltham, UKA fire from an escooter battery caused ground and first floor damage to a house.
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April 2022Nashik, Maharashtra, India20 electric scooters of Jitendra Electric Vehicles caught fire after being loaded onto a container.
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April 2022South Florida, USAAn ebike battery charging unattended at a longtime South Florida bike shop caught fire and destroyed the interior and much of the inventory,
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April 2022North Vancouver, CanadaA ebike charging in a basement resulted in a day time house fire.
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April 2022Manhattan, New YorkAccording to the NYFD the cause of the April 20 all-hands fire at 213 West 23rd Street in Manhattan was accidental, electrical-lithium ion battery in an ebike.
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April 2022Andhra Pradesh, india A man died when his Boom escooter (moped’s) battery pack exploded while charging.
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April 2022Nizamabad, Telangana, IndiaAn 80-year-old man died when the battery of an PureEV escooter (moped) caught fire whilst charging inside overnight.
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April 2022Warangal, Telangana, India A PureEV escooter (moped) caught fire on Tuesday in Warangal, Telangana
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April 2022North Vancouver, BC, CanadaA charging e-bike battery malfunctioned causing a fire at a local home.
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April 2022Brighton, ON, CanadaTwo ebikes exploded in a restaurant parking lot.
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April 2022Tamil Nadu, IndiaAn Okinawa autotech dealership burnt to ashes in Tamil Nadu due to a fire in an escooter (moped) belonging to the company.

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April 2022Paris, FranceA Bollore Bluebus electric bus caught fire on the upscale Boulevard Saint-Germain in central Paris on April 4, destroying the vehicle but again causing no injuries.
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April 2022Paris, FranceFire consumed an electric bus on April 29. No injuries. The explosion occured on the roof of the bus, where the batteries are located, followed by huge flames that spread quickly to the entire bus.
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April 2022Montgomery County, Maryland, USAn escooter’s battery charging in an apartment sparked a fire in a Montgomery County, Maryland home that injured one person and caused signficant damage.

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May 2022Brooklyn, NY Lithium ion batteries from escooters and bikes caused a fire that hurt three people and displaced many residents in a building on Seventh Avenue and 54th Street.
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May 2022Brooklyn, NYFirefighters are on on scene for a fire on 9th Avenue and 43rd a Li Lon battery from an electric scooter on the second floor in a apartment building
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May 2022Brooklyn, NYAn ebike battery was to blame for a fire that ripped through a bike shop in Queens
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May 2022Queens, NYA battery was charging inside a bicycle store when a blaze started that spread to two floors of the mixed occupancy building. More than 100 firefighters responded and two sustained minor injuries and were taken to a hospital.
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May 2022Hyderabad, Telangana, IndiaA Pure EV Epluto 7G e-scooter can be seen burning in high flames on the street.
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May 2022Telangana, India The battery of a new Benling India escooter (emoped) exploded "within minutes after it was put on charge".
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May 2022Mitcham, London, UKPart of a four-roomed flat on the third floor was damaged by fire believed to be caused by a fault in a lithium-ion battery.

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May 2022Lima, OhioA house fire was most likely to be caused by a hoverboard that had a lithium-ion battery that was being charged and caught fire while everyone inside was sleeping.
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May 2022Vancouver, CanadaA fire sparked by an exploding battery of an ebike charging at the Saanich Peninsula Chamber of Commerce left lasting damage that forced the temporary closure of the information centre.
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June 2022Hackney, London, UKPart of a fifth floor building was damaged by fire, believed to have been caused by the failure of lithium-ion battery cells.
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June 2022Shepherd’s Bush, UKA fire in a 12th floor flat is caused by an ebike battery.
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June 2022Bletchley, Milton Keynes, UKPolice attended to an escooter on fire
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June 2022Vancouver, CanadaA man is dead after an ebike battery exploded, causing him to fall from his Downtown Eastside window
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June 2022Hell's Kitchen, New YorkThe cause of a first floor fire is under investigation. The premises was a dispatch for pedicabs and over 200 lithium-ion batters were found - its unclear if these were being used by the pedicabs.
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June 2022Colorado Springs, ColoradoA family home was burnt from lithium-ion batteries catching fire in the garage.
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June 2022St Helen's, Liverpool
A two-storey terraced house was left uninhabitable after an escooter being charged in a first floor bedroom caught fire.
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June 2022 Hatton Garden, Liverpool,
Two people suffered smoke inhalation and minor burns after a charging ebike in their hotel room caught fire.
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June 2022Huyton, LiverpoolA fire caused by an electric bike makes a home unliveable.
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June 2022Madison, Wisconsin
An ebike lithium-ion battery started “popping, sparking, and smoking” while it was charging, causing a fire at Madison home.

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June 2022Wayletts, Laindon, EssexAn escooter battery exploded and set the mattress and bedding alight, causing the fire to spread very rapidly and making the home uninhabitable.