{
  "id": 19975618,
  "title": "‘Enough is enough’: rising number of deadly ebike battery fires spark fear in New York City",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/enough-is-enough-rising-number-of-deadly-ebike-battery-fires-spark",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-14T12:00:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/14/new-york-city-ebike-battery-fires-deaths"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "City has failed to build infrastructure that could reduce threat, and saw 400 fires, 83 injuries and 12 deaths this year Fires from lithium-ion batteries, which power ebikes and scooters, have become regular occurrences in New York, causing deaths and fear among residents, but the city has failed to build infrastructure that could reduce the threat. New York has seen a dramatic uptick this year…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}