4 Dead After Fire in E-bike Shop Spreads to Apartments in New York City

4 Dead After Fire in E-bike Shop Spreads to Apartments in New York City
Firefighters and investigators go through the aftermath of a fire which authorities say started at an e-bike shop and spread to upper-floor apartments, in New York on June 20, 2023. Bebeto Matthews/AP Photo
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NEW YORK—A fire at a New York City e-bike shop quickly spread to upper-floor apartments and killed four people early Tuesday in the latest deadly blaze linked to exploding lithium ion batteries.

The fire, reported shortly after midnight, happened at a shop that was cited last summer for safety violations related to the storage and charging of batteries, officials said.