An e-battery can explode in an apartment or building next to yours and it's out of your control. It's happening in record numbers in New York, which has become ground zero for lithium-ion battery fires in the country.
The city's struggling with how to keep people safe as the FDNY is responding to a new fire almost every day while also not taking away people's right to use them.
"We're set to be way ahead of our fatality mark from last year," said Flynn. "You can't argue with deaths," he said. The FDNY chose to ban e-batteries from its headquarters building in 2021. Many private buildings are choosing to do the same. There's no talk of banning them citywide but they are trying to regulate them.
"There's a gap between when they got signed into law and then when they actually go into effect," said Powers. "What I'm concerned about is what happening the meantime."
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