FDNY Busts Illegal Lithium-Ion Battery Manufacturing Operation

Firefighters blamed the batteries for 18 deaths and more than 200 fires in New York City last year.
Feb. 8, 2024

An illegal lithium-ion battery manufacturing operation in Queens was busted by the FDNY.

Dozens of battery packs and hundreds of individual lithium-ion cells used to alter, create and repair the batteries were discovered, CBS2 reported. 

The business was issued a number of violations. 

The batteries were blamed for 18 deaths and more than 200 fires last year, FDNY officers said.

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