Lithium-ion batteries to blame in 2 NYC fires Friday, fire marshals say

OZONE PARK, Queens (WABC) -- Fire marshals say lithium-ion batteries caused two fires on Friday in New York City - one of the deadly.

A fire in Ozone Park, Queens killed a 93-year-old woman. Flames broke out on the second floor of the building on 101st Avenue.
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First responders found Kam Mei Koo unconscious. She later died at the hospital.

Another tenant had to be rescued from the fire.

A lithium-ion battery also started a fire on Tinton Avenue in the Bronx on Friday that left 10 people homeless. No one was injured in that fire.


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Lithium-ion battery fires have killed at least 14 people in the city so far this year.

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