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phunkydroid t1_iues50a wrote

Reply to comment by No_Sheepherder7447 in Fires from exploding e-bike batteries multiply in NYC — sometimes fatally by zsreport

The only thing that makes sense to me is that the bikes were in the house and started a house fire.

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SmugDruggler95 t1_iufsb2i wrote

Or crashed the bike and injured themselves, then caught fire.

If they ignite when crashing

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ukezi t1_iuiejv2 wrote

The energy in bike crashes usually isn't enough to break the batteries unless a car or truck then crushes them.

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SmugDruggler95 t1_iuig6hz wrote

Usually they don't spontaneously combust either

Gotta consider more than one possibility when you're just speculating without data

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