Yuet Kiu Cheung, 76, was consumed by the flames when the device erupted just outside the bathroom of Singas Famous Pizzeria on Kissena Boulevard near Cherry Avenue in Flushing around 3 p.m. on the ...

The blaze inside Singas Famous Pizza in Flushing was the first fatal fire caused by a lithium-ion battery this year, FDNY ...

So far this year the FDNY has fought 122 lithium-ion battery fires but this was the first one to go fatal, officials said. The steep drop in fatalities shows that city residents have taken the FDNY’s ...

FDNY officials say flames trapped a 76-year-old woman after a lithium-ion battery ignited outside a restaurant bathroom.

E-bike battery malfunction leads to fire and first NYC battery-related death in 2025, trapping 76-year-old woman in a Queens pizzeria.