E-scooter blamed for fire that burned down seven homes

[Weatherman2020]

It was a very green fire.
I have nothing against e-scooters, I do have a problem that every time I see one it’s a healthy young person riding it.
Who’s probably riding it to the gym they pay $200 a month membership for.

Anyway, chalk up another one for the miners who use child labor to make the batteries you plug into the fossil fuel grid to charge.

A total of 10 fire engines and 60 firemen worked through the night to control the blaze, which spread through seven out of the eight houses in the terrace.

A total of 149 fires caused by exploding e-bike batteries were recorded by the London Fire Brigade in 2023, an increase of 71 per cent from 2022, according to figures provided to The Telegraph.

https://archive.ph/Mhvu8#selection-2611.4-2611.58

 

[Freedomisneverfree]

Is that the same as the electric bicycle?

 

[okfine]

It was a very green fire.
I have nothing against e-scooters, I do have a problem that every time I see one it’s a healthy young person riding it.
Who’s probably riding it to the gym they pay $200 a month membership for.

Anyway, chalk up another one for the miners who use child labor to make the batteries you plug into the fossil fuel grid to charge.

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A total of 10 fire engines and 60 firemen worked through the night to control the blaze, which spread through seven out of the eight houses in the terrace.

A total of 149 fires caused by exploding e-bike batteries were recorded by the London Fire Brigade in 2023, an increase of 71 per cent from 2022, according to figures provided to The Telegraph.

https://archive.ph/Mhvu8#selection-2611.4-2611.58

It was probably left on the charger. Not the 1st time this has happened.

 

[Weatherman2020]

It was probably left on the charger. Not the 1st time this has happened.

If only mankind had technology that turned things off automatically!

 

[okfine]

If only mankind had technology that turned things off automatically!

There are charger timers. I use one set for 4 hours.

 

[TroglocratsRdumb]

Over 10 major cities in China, including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Xiamen, and Shenzhen, have restricted or outright banned e-bike usage. In addition to their social, economic, and environmental upsides, e-bikes carry some very pronounced drawbacks in China.

Why Chinese Cities Are Banning The Biggest Adoption Of Green ... …​

www.forbes.com/sites/wadeshepard/2016/05/18/as-china-chokes-on-smog-the-…

 

[jackflash]

It was a very green fire.
I have nothing against e-scooters, I do have a problem that every time I see one it’s a healthy young person riding it.
Who’s probably riding it to the gym they pay $200 a month membership for.

Anyway, chalk up another one for the miners who use child labor to make the batteries you plug into the fossil fuel grid to charge.

View attachment 966073

A total of 10 fire engines and 60 firemen worked through the night to control the blaze, which spread through seven out of the eight houses in the terrace.

A total of 149 fires caused by exploding e-bike batteries were recorded by the London Fire Brigade in 2023, an increase of 71 per cent from 2022, according to figures provided to The Telegraph.

https://archive.ph/Mhvu8#selection-2611.4-2611.58

Are those E-scooters the ones they call "suicide scooters"???