E-bike battery explosion injury in DC has officials urging caution about safe ownership

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E-bike battery explosion injury in DC has officials urging caution about safe ownership

Kyle Cooper | [e-mail]
September 5, 2023, 5:32 AM

A man was critically injured after an electric bicycle explosion at a home in Northwest D.C. last Thursday.

The battery caught fire at a home in the 700 block of Irving Street near Georgia Avenue.

Now, D.C. Fire and EMS is out with a warning.

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Kyle Cooper
Weekend and fill-in anchor Kyle Cooper has been with WTOP since 1992. Over those 25 years, Kyle has worked as a street reporter, editor and anchor. Prior to WTOP, Kyle worked at several radio stations in Indiana and at the Indianapolis Star Newspaper.

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1. If your Tesla doesn't kill you, your bicycle will. I wouldn't have either one in

my garage. Unless you have some physical handicap what is the point of an electric bike?

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2. Most damage has been done in cities where bikes exploded inside apartment buildings.

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3. As an alternative transport for urban commuting

transit friendly neighborhoods are the most expensive in many cities. So it's an alternative to driving a vehicle.

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5. I am 75 years old and ride 25 or more miles on a regular

basis and I don't have a electric bike.

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4. Oh gee.

Not far from our home. (Moved 10+ years ago.)