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4 killed, 2 injured in fire sparked by lithium ion battery at NYC e-bike shop

NEW YORK — Four Chinatown residents died early Tuesday after a raging e-bike fire tore through a repair shop previously flagged for unsafe conditions, with scores of terrified survivors fleeing into the darkness outside their homes.

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4 dead after New York e-bike shop catches fire

Four more lives were lost to lithium-ion battery explosions in New York City today. The FDNY reports that it has already been called out to more than a hundred fires relating to lithium-ion devices this year. The death toll is currently at 13 lives lost.

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NYC e-bike shop was cited for violating lithium-ion battery rules before blaze that killed 4

Fire consumes Chinatown e-bike shop, killing four people.

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HQ E-Bike Repair Shop was cited for violating lithium-ion battery rules before Chinatown blaze killed 4, say FDNY fire marshals

New York City fire inspectors dogged the HQ E-Bike Repair shop since at least 2021 over unsafe handling of lithium-ion batteries before the deadly blaze Tuesday that killed four people in Manhattan’s Chinatown, Fire Department officials said.

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Four people dead, two critically hurt after fire erupts in Manhattan Chinatown e-bike shop

Four people were killed and two were left clinging to life after a fire erupted in an e-bike repair shop in Manhattan’s Chinatown early Tuesday, authorities said.

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New York City firefighter drowns trying to rescue daughter from strong sea current

The New York Fire Department (FDNY) firefighter jumped in the water after seeing his teenage daughter get into trouble during a family trip to Avon-By-The-Sea, New Jersey

Daily Mirror

Editorial: Uncommon valor: Heroes of the NYPD and FDNY show why they are the Finest and the Bravest

New York’s uniformed public servants are rightly under the microscope for the way they use force, the overtime they accrue and so on; with the power of the job comes responsibility and scrutiny. But we don’t often enough stand back and collectively appreciate the plain, simple and essential fact that…

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Biden to honor 9 with Medal of Valor, including 2 NYPD officers killed after 911 call

Two New York Police Department officers ambushed and killed responding to a 911 call and the rookie cop who took down the gunman are among those who will be honored Wednesday by President Joe Biden with the Medal of Valor, the nation’s highest honor for bravery by a public safety…

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First pictures of mum and daughters, 8 and 10, killed in devastating apartment fire

Heartbroken family members came to the scene of the burned out flat in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, to console eachother. A neighbour pointed out chalk drawings on the sidewalk that the two young girls made while playing last week.

Daily Mirror

Family inconsolable as they discover mum and daughters, 8 and 10, dead in New York fire

Tributes are pouring in for a mum and her two daughters who were killed when in a fire at their Brooklyn apartment. Fire services have shared a picture of the kitchen, where the blaze is said to have started

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Manhattan parking garage collapse survivor says running for his life saved him: ‘I’m still shaking’

NEW YORK — Parking garage worker Pierre Vancol considers himself twice blessed.

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‘Controlled demolition’ planned for collapsed NY parking garage

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‘Controlled demolition’ now planned for collapsed New York parking garage that killed 1

NEW YORK — A “controlled demolition” is now planned for the century-old lower Manhattan parking garage that collapsed, killing one, after first responders painstakingly remove cars and debris from the site, FDNY officials said Wednesday.

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Robot dog spotted inspecting rubble at New York garage collapse which killed one

One person has been confirmed killed and five injured in the catastrophic collapse of a multifloor carpark in Lower Manhattan's Financial District in New York, US

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Another chief demands demotion as FDNY top brass turmoil continues

NEW YORK — Another FDNY chief has asked to be demoted as the department continues to quake from the ongoing clash between Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh and the department’s top brass, sources told The New York Daily News.

Cycling Weekly

Two siblings die in latest New York e-bike battery fire

While the ink is still drying on New York City’s new safety legislation around lithium-ion batteries, two more lives were lost to a lithium-ion battery fire this week.

Daily Mirror

Horror at New York City's JFK airport as two workers die after becoming trapped in trench

Two construction workers fall to their death in the 30-foot trench and died despite the efforts to rescue them at a construction site in New York's JFK airport

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FDNY chief who oversaw fireboat involved in fatal crash forced to retire, lawsuit contends

NEW YORK — A New York City Fire Department chief who oversaw a fireboat involved in a fatal East River crash last year has been forced to turn in his retirement papers, court papers reveal.

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Woman with child in arms flees from mega New York blaze with crew tackling Chinatown fire

The fire started on the ground floor of 47 Mott Street in the Chinatown of Manhattan, New York, but flames have spread up to the fourth floor. Three people are reported to have been injured

Daily Mirror

Five screaming kids call for help after getting stuck in cold, dark and wet storm drain

Rescuers opened manholes until they found the five boys who had entered a storm drain and crawled for an hour in the dark, wet sewers of Staten Island, New York

Fortune

FDNY commissioner Laura Kavanagh is one of three women running New York's biggest agencies

The FDNY chief has navigated a tumultuous early tenure.

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Illinois bakery in crosshairs over drag show event will likely be forced to close

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FDNY firehouses still ‘hostile’ to firefighters of color despite years of civil rights litigation, Vulcan Society president says

NEW YORK — The head of the city’s Black firefighters group bashed the FDNY for not making significant progress in creating a “less hostile” atmosphere at firehouses — despite changes required by a groundbreaking civil rights lawsuit.

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NYC Rep. Velazquez joins fight against exploding e-bike batteries

NEW YORK — The FDNY could get some federal help in its ongoing fight against exploding e-bike batteries.

WEKU

What's driving the battery fires with e-bikes and scooters?

E-bikes, scooters and other "micromobility devices" have soared in popularity — and the number of fires sparked by their rechargeable batteries is up, too. Here's how to keep yourself safe.

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