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Fire From Ignited E-Bikes Engulfs Mahwah Garage, Threatens Home, Robs Precious Memories Fire From Ignited E-Bikes Engulfs Mahwah Garage, Threatens Home, Robs Precious Memories
Fire From Ignited E-Bikes Engulfs Mahwah Garage, Threatens Home, Robs Precious Memories Flames from an intense garage fire in Mahwah only grew larger as Ahkeel Townsend emptied an extinguisher on it. Lithium-ion batteries in two electric scooters had ignited on a sweltering day when temperatures under a blazing sun reached 93 degrees. Townsend was having dinner with his mother, sister and girlfriend in the family’s Sherwood Avenue home when he noticed smoke coming from the garage shortly before 8 p.m. this past Wednesday, July 5. He tossed the extinguisher as the fire grew and, thinking quickly, grabbed a gas-powered lawn mower and gas container from the garage to prevent an…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Lithium-Ion Scooter Battery Explodes, Ignites Fire In Wyckoff, Brings Warning From Responders Lithium-Ion Scooter Battery Explodes, Ignites Fire In Wyckoff, Brings Warning From Responders
Lithium-Ion Scooter Battery Explodes, Ignites Fire In Wyckoff, Brings Warning From Responders A lithium-ion battery that was charging in an electric scooter ignited a garage fire in Wyckoff -- and brought warnings from responders. A resident at the Meadowbrook Road home dialed 911 after going to the garage to check out a loud bang and seeing smoke and flames, Police Lt. Joseph Soto said. Firefighters contained the two-alarm blaze, although the adjoining house sustained heat and smoke damage. Firefighters nationwide say they are seeing an increasing -- and alarming -- number of fires caused by devices with lithium-ion batteries. Blazes involving the batteries are rarely a slow burn…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Man Riding Electric Scooter On NJ Turnpike Killed By SUV Man Riding Electric Scooter On NJ Turnpike Killed By SUV
Man Riding Electric Scooter On NJ Turnpike Killed By SUV A National Park man riding an electric scooter was killed in an overnight crash on the NJ Turnpike, authorities said. Alexander Dziewa, 27, was heading westbound on a TailG scooter in the left lane when he was struck by a Buick Rendezvous SUV around 2:25 a.m. in Kearny, New Jersey State Police Sgt. Lawrence Peele said. Dziewa -- whose Facebook page says he is a Garfield native -- was pronounced dead at the scene, near mile marker 109.4, Peele said. The area was closed for three hours for investigation. Circumstances surrounding the crash are still under investigation.

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by Cecilia Levine