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2 youths were killed in the latest fire blamed on an e-bike in New York City

New York John Hodgens
A delivery worker rides his electric bicycle past the New York Stock Exchange on March 16, 2020, in New York. Electric bicycles and scooters are being blamed in an increasing number of fires resulting in injuries and deaths in New York City. (John Minchillo/AP)

NEW YORK — An electric bicycle powered by a lithium ion battery is being blamed for a fatal fire on Monday in New York City that killed two youths, marking the latest in a string of e-bike-related fires in the city.

FDNY Chief of Department John Hodgens said it took his firefighters only three minutes to arrive at the Astoria, Queens, home. However, with the fast-moving nature of e-bike fires and the fact the bike was being charged near the front entrance of the multi-family building, the victims "didn't have a chance to get out of the building" as the intense fire quickly traveled up the stairs to a second-floor apartment.

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