NYC scooter battery fires double; FDNY, mayor seek federal action

So far in 2022, some 130 fires have been sparked by lithium-ion batteries across the city, killing five people. At the same point in 2021, the batteries were blamed for 65 fires — 50% of this year’s total — and those blazes killed three.

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