An e-bike that was engulfed in flames on a busy Manhattan street earlier this month is one of at least 104 lithium-ion fires reported so far this year across - and four of them happened over the course of just 24 hours.The New York City Fire Department (FDNY) was called to the group of lithium-ion battery fires in April and shortly after issued a warning to riders that urges them to stop using an overheating battery immediately and follow the manufacture's instructions for charging and storing.Mike Mike Fritz, co-founder of Human Powered Solutions, a bicycle consulting firm, said New York City has become the epicenter of e-bike fires and it is due to the a massive influx of delivery personnel using the battery-powered cycles to zip from one drop off to the next.
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