E-bike fire at Yishun while charging

[Kb27]

E-bike catches fire while charging in Yishun flat, 1 person taken to hospital

SINGAPORE: One person was taken to hospital with burn injuries after a fire broke out in a Yishun flat on Saturday morning (Nov 14).

The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it responded to a fire in a fourth-floor unit at Block 424A Yishun Ave 11 at about 9.45am.

"Preliminary investigation into the cause of the fire indicates that it was of electrical origin from a Power-Assisted Bicycle (PAB) that was charging at the time of the fire," it said in a Facebook post. 

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/yishun-fire-e-bike-charging-scdf-burn-injuries-13546486

[Zxcvb]

Yishun ah... Yishun.

[Volvobrick]

Probably non compliant escooter 

 

[Hamburger]

They only learn when it hurt.

[Count-Bracula]

They never learn from past cases. 

[Tohto]

58 minutes ago, Count-Bracula said:

They never learn from past cases. 

Because mind set - this will not happen to me. 

[ER-3682]

Now i heard Home Insurance will not pay for the Damages if Fire is cause by Non UL2272 E-Scooter.

[Ysc3]

Hands up....how many got fire extinguisher at home?  

[Kopites]

41 minutes ago, Ysc3 said:

Hands up....how many got fire extinguisher at home?  

Those have a fire extinguisher at home won't buy those illegal bike.

[ER-3682]

1 hour ago, Ysc3 said:

Hands up....how many got fire extinguisher at home?  

Anyway,those small Home Fire Extinguisher won't be able to put out Fire from a E-Scooter,those Batteries if shorted..is exploded...Fire very Big & bits of the molten Battery will ''fly'' far...hitting Curtains & Sofa & set them on Fire...Fire spread very fast...

Edited November 15, 2020 by ER-3682

[13177]

15 hours ago, Volvobrick said:

Probably non compliant escooter 

 

Now still have non compliant escooter? 😅

[Didu]

Can anyone tell from the photo what e-scooter model is it?

[Carbon82]

As I have said before, UL2272 certification is NOT the magic pill for solving the PMD & PAB fire.

There are many factors that could have triggered the fire while charging, including but not limited to the following:

• Damaged / faulty batteries 
• Damaged / faulty charger
• Non original batteries and/or charger
• Overheating (could be due to circuitry issues or failure of cut off device)
• Hot surface coming into contact with combustible / flammable materials 
• Overloading of power point (fire could have also started from the socket)

And please don't ever risk your own safety by attempting to extinguish a PMD / PAB / Lithium battery fire. Not only the fire will not be able to be extinguished with even a 9 Kg fire extinguisher due to inherent characteristics of li-ion batteries, toxic gases such as Hydrogen Fluoride and Phosphoryl Fluoride will be emitted during the burning process, and not to mention the risk of being struck by the burning debris once the battery exploded... 

[Mustank]

16 hours ago, ER-3682 said:

Now i heard Home Insurance will not pay for the Damages if Fire is cause by Non UL2272 E-Scooter.

About bloody time

[Dafansu]

7 hours ago, Ysc3 said:

Hands up....how many got fire extinguisher at home?  

I just gotten one 2kg one from shopee at $20 odd during flash sale after seeing so many house on fire for past 1 year plus.

Can consider getting one from Shopee Falcon during sale. 

https://shopee.sg/falconfireofficial

Edited November 15, 2020 by Dafansu

[Ysc3]

38 minutes ago, Dafansu said:

I just gotten one 2kg one from shopee at $20 odd during flash sale after seeing so many house on fire for past 1 year plus.

Can consider getting one from Shopee Falcon during sale. 

https://shopee.sg/falconfireofficial

I have a 1kg powder type in both my car and house. 

[Dafansu]

11 minutes ago, Ysc3 said:

I have a 1kg powder type in both my car and house. 

didn't get any for the car, scare park under hot sun the thing explode 😄

[Didu]

Would fixing this kind of extinguisher over a charging scooter help?