Fire destroys dozens of e-bikes at Queens shop, 1 firefighter hurt

RICHMOND HILL, Queens (WABC) — FDNY crews are responding to an e-bike shop that caught fire early this morning in Queens.

The blaze broke out at the Kings Electric Scooters shop in Richmond Hill around 2:30 a.m.

More than two dozen electric and gas-powered bikes were pulled out of the store on Jamaica Avenue.

Residents in the area told Eyewitness News this isn’t the first time the shop went up in flames.

“It was the second time that this garage caught on fire. The first time it was a few months ago,” the resident said. “The first was definitely worse but this one isn’t good either.”

The fire reportedly broke out in a garage area where the bikes are stored.

FDNY also told Eyewitness News that crews needed to isolate the e-bikes once they were removed in a precautionary effort to prevent a secondary fire.

“The messaging has to be out there that we shouldn’t be charging these during sleeping hours. We shouldn’t have them by the doors that are the exits from our multiple dwellings. We want to use them safely and we always want to make sure we’re using an approve product that has been tested by a certification agency,” Deputy Fire Chief George Healy, said.

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