San Francisco, CA
2 people jump from SF apartment window after e-scooter starts fire
When the lithium battery in an electric scooter caught fire at an apartment in San Francisco’s Tenderloin on Monday morning, two people escaped flames by jumping from a window, officials said. One of them was taken to a local hospital with severe burn injuries, Capt. Jonathan Baxter, a spokesperson for the San Francisco Fire Department, told SFGATE.
Baxter said the fire started at about 8 a.m. in a first floor apartment at 168 Hyde St. and triggered the sprinkler system. The fire did not spread to other units, and when the fire department arrived, it had been extinguished by the sprinklers. Baxter described the damage to the apartment as “moderate.”