Crime & Safety
E-Bike Battery Ignites Fire At Apartment In Somerset County: Police
Residents were treated by EMS for smoke inhalation on Saturday, said police.
MONTGOMERY, NJ — An electric bike(e-bike) battery sparked a fire in an apartment in Montgomery on Saturday.
On Oct. 18 at 9:30 a.m., Montgomery Police, Montgomery Fire Company 2, Rocky Hill Fire Company and Montgomery EMS went to building 10 at the Princeton Garden Apartments on Blue Spring Road for a fire in an apartment.
The residents evacuated before first responders arrived and were treated by Montgomery EMS at the scene for minor smoke inhalation, said Montgomery Police Lt. Jason Larsen.
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Firefighters extinguished the fire, preventing damage to adjoining apartments.
The initial investigation determined the fire started from a battery on an e-bike stored in the apartment, said Larsen.
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The residents were relocated to another apartment in the complex. The Montgomery Township Fire Marshal is investigating.
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