An explosion was heard and heavy smoke began to rise from the apartment • A child's resourcefulness saved the situation

(haipo) – An electric scooter caught fire in a residential apartment in Haifa.

From Fire and Rescue it was delivered to Lai Pa:

A report of an explosion heard on Masada Street in Haifa, followed immediately by heavy smoke coming from an apartment on the 3rd of 4 floors of a residential building, was received at the Haifa station.

Firefighters, under the command of Chief Yossi Cohen, quickly arrived at the scene and reported that the fire was actually outside the building.

It turns out that a child living in the house was charging the scooter, noticed the problem while it was charging, and immediately after the explosion and the battery caught fire, he showed resourcefulness and managed to throw the scooter into the garden, thus preventing danger to his own life and that of all the residents who were in the building at the time.

The fighters worked to extinguish the scooter outside the building and released the remaining smoke in the apartment for complete ventilation.
There were no injuries in the incident, but damage was caused to the apartment.

Fire and Rescue reminds that a scooter should only be charged under supervision, and of course, do not make any changes to the battery or charger, and only follow the original manufacturer's instructions.