Scooter battery caused 5-alarm fire in the Bronx

An electric scooter’s lithium-ion battery explosion resulted in a 5-alarm fire in the Bronx, NYC on Sunday.

The scooter was parked inside the rear part of a single-level grocery store when its battery exploded and caused a rapidly spreading 5-alarm fire.

It took 200 firefighters operating with 50 units to put the fire out.

At least 7 people were injured, out of which a civilian and an emergency service worker were seriously injured.

FDNY released a video of the moment when the fire started inside the store.

Per FDNY Fire Marshals, the cause of today’s 5-alarm fire at 2096 Grand Concourse in the Bronx was a lithium-ion battery which powered a scooter. pic.twitter.com/HTifRojiJo

— FDNY (@FDNY) March 5, 2023

This is the 400^th fire in NYC caused by a lithium-ion battery in the past 4 years.

As FDNY Commissioner Laura Kavanagh noted, there was extraordinary damage with the entire building being completely destroyed.