Fire Blamed on E-bike Battery Kills One, Injures 6 in Bronx Apartment Building

Fire Blamed on E-bike Battery Kills One, Injures 6 in Bronx Apartment Building
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NEW YORK—One person was killed and six others were injured when a fire blamed on an electric bicycle battery tore through a New York City apartment, officials said Monday.

The fire started at around 7 p.m. Sunday in a 10th-floor apartment in a public housing complex in the Bronx, a Fire Department spokesperson said.