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Wide overhead photograph at dusk of a low-rise New York City brownstone vestibule with a beat-up delivery e-bike leaning against the iron handrail of the front stoop; a single bright orange ember glows on the taped-up battery casing while a delivery rider in a quilted jacket walks past on the sidewalk — calm, unstaged street-level framing showing exactly where lithium-ion battery fires actually start, in residential entryways and stairwells of low-rise New York City buildings rather than open garages

🔋 Battery Fire Safety May 23, 2026 · 15 min read

NYC's 2023 Battery Fires: 268 Incidents, 18 Deaths

In one year, New York logged 268 lithium-ion battery fires and 18 deaths from e-bikes and e-scooters — and rewrote micromobility safety law.