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A Car Just Caught Fire & The Cause Is Suspected To Be An Overheated Power Bank

Celeste Lee

2017-10-25 , 5:19 pm

I don’t know if it’s the weather or the weather? It must be the crazy weather in Singapore.

Recently when I was charging my iPhone, my phone gets extremely hot I can almost fry an egg on it.

I’m not kidding.

But maybe cause I left it to charge overnight?

But it’s better to be safe than sorry when it comes to electronics or anything that you can run electricity through it.

Because you don’t want it to explode due to it being overheated right?

That’s exactly what happened to a power bank.

It was reported that the overheated power bank set the car on fire in Malaysia.

As claimed by a witness at the scene, he was passing by the parking lot when he saw thick smoke billowing from a car.

He then saw a power bank on the front passenger seat on fire.

With the help of several other passers-by, they managed to put out the fire by splashing water through a small opening of the window.

The cause of the fire is still undergoing investigations.

There are also several incidents involving batteries and fire in Singapore.

In July this year, an electric scooter left to charge overnight in Choa Chu Kang sparked a fire, with three people fleeing the unit.

And 2 months later, an electric scooter caught fire along Sommerville Road, with sparks from the flame shooting two storeys high.

The most recent one being an electric bicycle (which was left to charge overnight) sparking a fire outside a Bukit Batok flat on 12 October.

The number of fires caused by e-bikes is increasing

Last year, 17 fires were caused by electrical bicycles, up from 14 in 2015. There were 14 fires involving personal mobility devices (PMDs), a significant increase from just one case the previous year.

SCDF thus gave the following fire safety tips on the prevention of battery fires involving PMDs:

Avoid overcharging the battery, especially leaving it to charge overnight.

Guilty as charged. In fact, don’t charge anything overnight. Turn off power supplies when not in use. This does not apply only to bicycles.

When charging such batteries, place them on hard flat surfaces to allow optimal dissipation of heat.

The floor is relatively cold, though I can’t say that as of now since Singapore is experiencing a burning hot sensation this season.

Do not place the charging battery near combustible materials.

This includes wood and paper. If you have a wooden flooring at home… I don’t know how else to make you feel better.

Hmm.

And since we’re on the topic of not leaving appliances charged overnight, I just recalled something that we always leave on… actually, we don’t even turn it off.

Anyone wants to make guesses?

It’s the WIFI router. Office, home or wherever… it’s always on, right?

Maybe it’s time to switch it off? Or once in a while? You never know it might decide to join the fire gang soon?

#Choy but you never know. #JustSaying

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A Car Just Caught Fire & The Cause Is Suspected To Be An Overheated Power Bank

That’s exactly what happened to a power bank.

There are also several incidents involving batteries and fire in Singapore.

The number of fires caused by e-bikes is increasing

SCDF thus gave the following fire safety tips on the prevention of battery fires involving PMDs:

Click Here to Download the App!

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