纽约布朗克斯公寓电动车电池起火堵住唯一出口：一家四人死亡、父亲重伤
美国纽约市消防局（FDNY）证实，10月28日凌晨约0时50分，纽约市布朗克斯区 Mott Haven 社区 Patterson Houses 公共住房一栋楼11层的一套公寓起火：放在厨房内的一辆电动自行车锂离子电池起火燃烧，火焰堵住了公寓唯一的出口，一家五口被困。消防员强行破门进入火场救人，10岁的 Zion Maine 送医后不治；到10月30日，伤者中再有三人伤重不治，死亡人数升至四人。
四名死者是同住的一家人：10岁的 Zion Maine、他15岁与16岁的两位同母异父兄长（其中16岁者为 Jamaree Adam），以及两名年长少年的母亲、33岁的 Syida Adam。Zion 37岁的父亲 Courtney Maine 是唯一幸存者，仍在医院救治、情况危重。家中的宠物犬也在火灾中死亡。
消防局局长 Lillian Bonsignore 在火灾当天上午表示，这辆电动自行车就放在通往门口的通道上、位于厨房内紧挨大门的位置，起火后「使住户根本无法安全逃出」。消防部门负责人 John Esposito 说，消防员赶到后不得不强行打开房门，燃烧的电池与车辆正堵在门后。据家属说，这辆电动自行车是朋友不久前送给 Courtney Maine 的礼物，本想帮他在附近洗车行之外多找些工作机会。家属表示，Zion 生前梦想成为一名橄榄球运动员。
Bonsignore 同时公布，纽约市今年以来已发生401起与锂离子电池有关的火灾，造成74人受伤、6人死亡（为火灾当天公布的累计数）。这场火灾约一个多小时后被控制，起火原因与电池来源仍在调查中。
E-Bike Battery Fire Blocks Only Exit of Bronx Apartment: Four Family Members Die, Father Critically Hurt
The New York City Fire Department (FDNY) confirmed that at about 12:50 a.m. on October 28, a fire broke out in an 11th-floor apartment at the Patterson Houses public housing complex in the Mott Haven neighborhood of the Bronx, New York City: the lithium-ion battery of an e-bike stored in the kitchen caught fire, and the flames blocked the apartment's only exit, trapping the family of five inside. Firefighters forced the door and rescued the occupants, but 10-year-old Zion Maine died after being taken to hospital; by October 30, three more of the injured had died, raising the death toll to four.
The four victims were members of one household: Zion Maine, 10; his two half-brothers, aged 15 and 16 (the 16-year-old was identified as Jamaree Adam); and the older boys' mother, Syida Adam, 33. Zion's father, Courtney Maine, 37, is the only survivor and remains hospitalized in critical condition. The family's dog also died in the fire.
Fire Commissioner Lillian Bonsignore said on the morning of the fire that the e-bike had been placed in the pathway to the exit door, in a spot in the kitchen that made it impossible for the residents to leave safely. FDNY Chief of Department John Esposito said firefighters had to force open the apartment door, which was blocked by the burning battery and bike. According to relatives, the e-bike had recently been given to Courtney Maine by a friend who hoped it would help him find more work beyond his job at a nearby car wash; family members said Zion had dreamed of becoming a football player.
Bonsignore also said lithium-ion batteries had been linked to 401 fires across New York City so far this year, causing 74 injuries and six deaths, figures given on the day of the fire. The blaze was brought under control in just over an hour, and the cause of the fire and the origin of the battery remain under investigation.
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图片来源：图：起火公寓所在的纽约布朗克斯 Patterson Houses 公共住房（资料图）。照片 CC BY 4.0，作者 Jim Henderson，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: The Patterson Houses public housing complex in the Bronx, New York, where the fire occurred (file photo). CC BY 4.0, by Jim Henderson, via Wikimedia Commons.
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