Three people had to be treated for smoke inhalation after a lithium-ion battery on an electric scooter started a fire at a Pittsburgh home.The Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire and Hazmat crews were called to the 1300 block of Bingham Street in the city’s South Side Flats neighborhood. When firefighters entered the apartment on the first floor of the building, they found an electric scooter with thermal runaway. Thermal runway is a condition that involves a lithium-ion battery overheating and causing a self-sustaining fire.Officials say the scooter caught fire while it was charging. Officials say firefighters were able to extinguish the flames in minutes. Hazmat was on scene to make sure the batteries didn’t reignite. The home only sustained minor damages.Three people inside the building were treated for smoke inhalation on scene and declined to be taken to a hospital.
PITTSBURGH —
Three people had to be treated for smoke inhalation after a lithium-ion battery on an electric scooter started a fire at a Pittsburgh home.
The Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire and Hazmat crews were called to the 1300 block of Bingham Street in the city’s South Side Flats neighborhood.
When firefighters entered the apartment on the first floor of the building, they found an electric scooter with thermal runaway.
Thermal runway is a condition that involves a lithium-ion battery overheating and causing a self-sustaining fire.
Officials say the scooter caught fire while it was charging.
Officials say firefighters were able to extinguish the flames in minutes. Hazmat was on scene to make sure the batteries didn’t reignite.
The home only sustained minor damages.
Three people inside the building were treated for smoke inhalation on scene and declined to be taken to a hospital.