马萨诸塞州萨福克县波士顿市多切斯特消防员殉职火因11月4日公布，锂电池过热被认定为起火原因
波士顿市政府11月4日公布，5月23日在多切斯特特雷德韦路18号火灾中殉职的救援二队消防员小罗伯特·基尔达夫（Robert T. Kilduff Jr.），其死亡所涉火灾的起火原因为存放在封闭门廊塑料工具箱内的锂离子电池过热。基尔达夫现年53岁，当时在灭火过程中从三楼窗口坠落受重伤，后不治身亡。
市政府公布的信息显示，火灾始于住宅后部封闭门廊，电池过热引燃火势。波士顿消防局近年来锂电池引发的火灾明显增多，消防部门提醒市民，家中往往存放多达十余块锂电池，应注意安全存放与充电规范，避免将电池置于密闭高温环境。
目前，美国国家职业安全卫生研究所与波士顿消防局事故调查委员会的两项调查仍在进行中，最终调查结果将在完成后向公众公布。基尔达夫的殉职曾引发全市对消防员安全与锂电池火灾风险的关注，市政府此次公布起火原因，是对家属与公众关切的正式回应，也为今后防范类似火灾提供了警示。
（来源：波士顿市政府）
Boston, Massachusetts Announces Cause of Dorchester Fire That Killed Firefighter: Overheated Lithium-Ion Batteries
Boston city officials announced on November 4 that the fire that killed Rescue Company 2 firefighter Robert T. Kilduff Jr. in Dorchester on May 23 was caused by lithium-ion batteries that overheated while stored in plastic toolboxes on an enclosed porch at 18 Treadway Road. Kilduff, 53, was critically injured after falling from a third-story window while responding to the fire and later died.
Officials said the blaze began in the enclosed porch at the back of the home, where the overheated batteries ignited the fire. The Boston Fire Department has seen an increase in lithium-ion battery fires in recent years, and residents often keep as many as a dozen such batteries at home; the department urges safe storage and charging and warns against keeping batteries in enclosed, hot spaces.
Two investigations, by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and a Boston Fire Department Board of Inquiry, are still ongoing, and their findings will be shared with the public when complete. Kilduff's death drew citywide attention to firefighter safety and battery fire risks, and the city's announcement answers long-standing questions from his family and the public.
(Source: City of Boston)
来源：波士顿市政府
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