http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/818660/overcharged-e-shuttle-starts-cubao-fire Overcharged e-shuttle starts Cubao fire September 25th, 2016 Jovic Yee
[image / LEO M. SABANGAN II http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/files/2016/09/25truck-620x414.jpg Firefighters converge at the Parking Garage South building along Gen. MacArthur Avenue at Araneta Center, Cubao, Quezon City, on Saturday morning ] An electric vehicle caught fire while being charged and caused property damage estimated at P10 million inside a parking building at Araneta Center in Cubao, Quezon City, Saturday morning, officials said. Senior Supt. Jesus Fernandez, the city fire department chief, said the fire started at 6:28 a.m. following an explosion at Basement 3 of the Parking Garage South on Gen. McArthur Avenue in Barangay Socorro. Fernandez said the initial investigation showed that one of the parked e-shuttles operated by the Araneta Center management caught fire apparently because of overcharged batteries. A statement from Araneta Center management confirmed that an e-shuttle caught fire and that the incident prompted the suspension of the transport service. It also belied initial media reports that the fire broke out at Smart Araneta Coliseum. Fernandez said 10 more e-shuttles were destroyed while three more units were damaged. The fire, which reached the second alarm, was declared out at 7:22 a.m. [© 2016 INQUIRER.net] For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ {brucedp.0catch.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Charging-e-shuttle-caught-fire-in-Cubao-ph-tp4683896.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
