A 69-year-old American man died when his house was destroyed by fireplace. Based on The New York Put up, an e-scooter within the Brooklyn residence caught fireplace as a consequence of a defective lithium-ion battery.

The huge fireplace that killed the previous man and injured two others broke out contained in the second-floor residence on Brighton third Avenue close to Brightwater Court docket in Brighton Seashore. The flames and the warmth created by it have been so intense that it blocked the exit from the home, ensuing within the demise of the 69-year-old, as per the news report.

A 32-year-old lady and 35-year-old man who have been additionally house on the time have been hospitalised after they tried to douse the flames-aa dangerous transfer when coping with a battery fireplace, in accordance with Flynn and police.

“So that they tried to extinguish the hearth [and] they have been capable of escape with minor accidents,” FDNY Chief Hearth Marshal Daniel Flynn mentioned. “There have been two youngsters as nicely that self-evacuated and didn’t maintain accidents.

“I strongly advocate you don’t try to extinguish these by yourself,” the FDNY official added. “Your standard fireplace extinguishers will actually not be as efficient as they might be in different fires.”

A dozen FDNY models, together with 60 firefighters and EMS employees, responded to the scene.

“When lithium-ion batteries ignite, it is a way more critical, rather more concerned fireplace,” FDNY Chief of Division John Esposito mentioned. “Fortunately, our firefighters have been rapidly capable of stretch hose traces and extinguish the hearth earlier than it unfold to extra flats and all through.”