Four people have been killed as a horror blaze breaks out at a New York electric bike shop with the fire reportedly caused by highly flammable lithium-ion batteries.
According to authorities, the fire began at around 12.15am on Tuesday inside the store on Madison Street, Lower East Side, as the flames spread to the sixth storey of the building above.
A nearby deli worker noticed the flames and immediately contacted the fire service, who arrived within minutes to try and put out the blaze.
