Fire breaks out at apartment<\/p>\n
What we know<\/p>\n
Firefighters were dispatched at 8:31 a.m. to an apartment on Norwalk Drive. One resident was able to get outside safely, while another remained inside trying to fight the fire, according to the San Jose Fire Department.<\/p>\n
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An electric bike’s battery sparked the fire, as seen in this photo from the scene.<\/p>\n
Victim collapses after escaping<\/p>\n
The adult eventually exited the apartment but collapsed outside. A neighbor began CPR before firefighters arrived.<\/p>\n
The victim was transported to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries and later died.<\/p>\n
Dangers of lithium-ion battery fires<\/p>\n
Why you should care<\/p>\n
Fire officials warned that lithium-ion battery fires can quickly produce thick, toxic smoke.<\/p>\n
“Lithium-ion battery fires produce thick, toxic smoke within seconds, which can contain carbon monoxide and other highly irritating gases,” the department said. “Even trained firefighters do not enter smoke-filled environments without proper protective gear and self-contained breathing apparatus, because exposure can be deadly within moments.”<\/p>\n
Safety reminder<\/p>\n
What you can do<\/p>\n
Fire officials urged residents not to try to fight battery fires themselves.<\/p>\n
“When a battery ignites, escaping to safety should always be your priority,” the department said.<\/p>\n
The Source<\/p>\n
San Jose Fire Department<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief One person died after trying to fight a fire caused by an e-bike battery at a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":252654,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[18322,14766,15824,112174,88,16912,90,89,112175],"class_list":{"0":"post-252653","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-jose","8":"tag-e-bike","9":"tag-fire-officials","10":"tag-lithium-ion-battery","11":"tag-rechargeable-battery","12":"tag-san-jose","13":"tag-san-jose-fire-department","14":"tag-san-jose-headlines","15":"tag-san-jose-news","16":"tag-toxic-smoke"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252653\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}