Hyderabad, Jan 22 (IANS): Telangana and Andhra Pradesh final yr witnessed about eight incidents of e-bikes, homes and even e-bike showrooms and a lodge catching hearth attributable to e-batteries exploding, killing 10 individuals and injuring many others.

Virtually all of the incidents befell when e-bikes have been stored on cost and it’s suspected that overcharging triggered the explosions.

The most important catastrophe occurred in Hyderabad in September when eight individuals misplaced their lives after a hearth broke out in an e-bike showroom within the cellar of a multi-storeyed constructing and unfold to a lodge on the higher flooring.

The hearth broke out in Gemopai electrical scooters showroom within the constructing. The hearth was brought on by a brief circuit which was triggered attributable to overcharging of the EVs.

Police had stated that the CCTV footage confirmed that the smoke first emerged from an e-bike stored for charging.

Hearth providers officers additionally stated the fireplace was the results of an obvious explosion of batteries within the e-bike showroom.

The horrific incident was captured on CCTV. Smoke emanated from an electrical scooter and progressively unfold across the automobile. Inside a couple of seconds, a small explosion occurred with the automobile catching hearth.

In response to investigating officers, warmth generated from over charging of electrical automobiles parked within the basement of Ruby Delight Luxurious Lodge at Kummarguda in Secunderabad, had triggered an explosion wherein eight individuals succumbed to burns and 11 suffered burn accidents.

The investigations revealed that the automobiles have been plugged for charging for an extended length and the lithium-ion battery pack that has 100 particular person battery cells reacted attributable to overheating and exploded.

A month later a hearth broke out in a motor showroom in Andhra Pradesh’s Parvathipuram district. As many as 36 electrical bikes have been gutted in an enormous hearth within the showroom in Palakonda city.

E-bikes and batteries stored within the showroom for particular discounted sale on Diwali have been destroyed within the hearth.

These weren’t remoted incidents. The Telugu states witnessed a collection of fireside accidents attributable to explosion of e-vehicle batteries.

In August two electrical bikes caught hearth as their batteries exploded whereas charging in Hyderabad.

Within the first incident that occurred underneath the bounds of Kushaiguda police station, two e-bikes have been gutted. One T. Haribabu, who had bought two e-bikes, had stored each the automobiles on charging in entrance of his home. An hour later, he heard a loud explosion and got here out of the home to see each the two-wheelers engulfed in flames.

Three days earlier than this, an individual was injured when the battery of an electrical bike exploded within the NGO colony of Vanasthalipuram.

The incident occurred when Koteshwar Rao turned the swap on to cost his parked bike, however it exploded. He suffered burn accidents on his fingers and different elements of the physique.

A home was gutted when an electrical bike caught hearth whereas it was being charged in Siddipet district of Telangana on June 8.

An electrical bike burst into flames in Hyderabad on Could 11. There have been no casualties.

A person was killed and three others injured when the battery of an electrical two-wheeler exploded of their home at Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh on April 23.

Earlier on April 19, an 80-year-old died and two others have been injured when an electrical bike stored on charging burst into flames after they have been asleep at their home in Telangana’s Nizamabad city.