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10-year-old Zion Maine identified after e-bike battery fire traps family in Bronx apartment
ABC7 New York • • nation
Key Points:
- A 10-year-old boy named Zion Maine died in a Bronx apartment fire caused by an e-scooter lithium-ion battery that ignited near the front door, trapping his family inside.
- The fire occurred just before 1 a.m. Wednesday in an 11th-floor apartment at Patterson Houses in Mott Haven, with flames and smoke spreading rapidly through the unit.
- Four family members survived but remain hospitalized in critical condition, including a 15-year-old boy and a 33-year-old woman who are brain dead, and two others in critical condition.
- Fire Commissioner Lillian Bonsignore highlighted that the battery's location in the kitchen obstructed escape, and officials noted lithium-ion batteries have caused hundreds of fires in NYC this year.
- The FDNY and EMS responded swiftly with approximately 120 personnel, and Mayor Zohran Mamdani commended their heroic efforts in preventing further loss of life.
