Lithium-Ion Batteries Are Everywhere. Fires Caused by Shoddy Ones Are on the Rise
Ortega, 36, carried his niece in his arms.With the March 11 blaze on Manhattan’s Marble Hill Avenue, the city has had nearly three dozen blazes sparked by a lithium-ion battery so far this year. Investigators found battery remnants and those of an electric bike under the four-story building’s first-floor stairwell,