A Queensland man died due to a lithium-ion battery fire in an e-scooter charged with an incompatible charger.

A Queensland man died after a lithium-ion battery fire erupted in an e-scooter connected to an incompatible charger, coroner Ainslie Kirkegaard found in non-inquest findings. Tyson, whose identity was protected, suffered 90% burns and died after the fire in March 2022. He had borrowed a charger for a different e-scooter model to charge his second-hand electric scooter. The coroner warns that e-scooters must be charged with compatible chargers to avoid catastrophic failure.

July 04, 2024
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