Lithium-ion battery blamed for yet another fast-moving fire, New York City officials say

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

A lithium-ion battery sparked yet another fast-moving fire, this one in New York City on Sunday, leveling a supermarket and neighboring laundromat, authorities said.

Firefighters had water on five-minute-old flames inside Concourse Food Plaza, about 2 miles north of Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, but the blaze was already out of control, officials said.

An electric mobility device, possibly an e-bike powered by a lithium-ion battery, is blamed for the five-alarm fire, which was touched off at 10:40 a.m. ET.

"Something that we had never seen before, as far as a small fire turning into something (big) like this in a matter of a few minutes,” FDNY Chief of Department John Hodgens told reporters outside the burned-down businesses.

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1. Yikes! Those bikes are everywhere here (NYC)

[markpkessinger]

2. I don't think the fact that it was a lithium-ion battery would have had anything to do . . .

. . . with how fast the fire spread. That would be a matter of the quantity of flammable materials available to burn in the space.