Fordham Heights: FDNY Investigate Cause of House Fire after Five are Evaluated for Injury by EMS

By SÍLE MOLONEY & DAVID GREENE

A BURNED OUT e-bike is seen in the vicinity of 386 East 184th Street in Fordham Heights on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023, after a fire broke out at the private dwelling in the early hours of Friday morning.
Photo by David Greene

There were no fatalities reported following a residential fire in Fordham Heights on Friday, though five people were evaluated by EMS.

According to a spokesperson from the FDNY, the department received a call alerting them to the incident at 5.33 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 8, at 386 East 184th Street between Webster Avenue and Marion Avenue for reports of a fire on the first floor in the vicinity of a li-ion battery.

SOME OF THE first floor windows at 386 East 184th Street in Fordham Heights were seen boarded up on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023, after a fire broke out at the private dwelling in the early hours of Friday morning.
Photo by David Greene

They said 12 fire units comprising 60 fire department and EMS personnel responded to location of the residential two-story private dwelling (18×50). They added that all patients refused medical attention by EMS and the fire was placed under control at 6.11 a.m.

The burned-out e-bike was later seen in the vicinity of the building on Friday.

They said the cause remains under investigation.

New laws have been introduced at a federal, City and State level to address fire safety prevention and the hazards of lithium-ion batteries and e-bikes.

Click here for details of a federal recall of 53,000 scooters due to a fire hazard involving the deaths of two children.

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