Lauren Leffer

  • E-Bike Batteries Trigger Deadly Fire

    E-Bike Batteries Trigger Deadly Fire

    A 3-alarm fire in lower Manhattan killed four people and left two others in critical condition in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Lithium-ion e-bike batteries are to blame, according to the New York City Fire Department. The blaze, which began in an e-bike shop on the first floor of a multi-story, mixed-use building in…