The explosion of an electric motorcycle caused a fire that destroyed a total of 14 of these vehicles. The event occurred this Wednesday in the parking area of the Camagüey electric company, as reported by the pro-government journalist Enrique Atienzar Riveroy. In images published on social networks, they can also be seen, along with the motorized burned, at least five useless bicycles.
The authorities are investigating the causes, although the communicator recalled that “this means of transport is very prone to suffer this type of problem.” A user commented on the danger of the batteries of the motorinas that usually explode, a plausible cause of the incident, which did not cause injuries.
The director of the Integral Customer Service Center, Juan Carlos Lacaba Jofre, stressed that the company’s electrical protection was activated and for this reason the electricity supply was disconnected throughout the headquarters and affected the telephone service of 18888 where calls are received. complaints from the population due to incidents and breakdowns, public Radio Cadena Agramonte.
Last Friday on San Ignacio street between San Juan de Dios and Las Mercedes, in the Pueblo Nuevo neighborhood of the city of Matanzas, the explosion of a motorized in front of a house According to Girón NewspaperThe intervention of the fire brigade was opportune to control the fire.
In September of last year, the explosion of a motorcycle in a house in Luyanó, in the Havana municipality of Diez de Octubre, caused serious injuries in two of the members of a family that made plans to go to the United States by “the route of the volcanoes” (Nicaragua).
The fire consumed the family’s belongings: TV, washing machine, refrigerator, stove, and another motor. Accidents caused by electric motorcycles are common on the Island.
The last week of June last year, 12 motorcycles and two vehicles were destroyed by the fire in a parking lot in the Cerro municipality, in Havana. The incident was caused during the charging of the battery of a motor that exploded. This accident evidenced the lack of fire protection means.
In May, a child died after being hospitalized for a week, after he was injured when an electric motorcycle caught fire inside a house in Sancti Spíritus. Cris Angel Lorenzo Hernandez I was 7 years old. The little boy’s grandmother lost her life the day of the fire.
A third victim of that accident was the mother of the minor, Angélica Hernández García. The 30-year-old woman had burns on 53% of her body and died after respiratory complications.
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