Yet another electric scooter catches fire, 4th such incident after Ola and Okinawa - Watch video

After Ola and Okinawa now, there are reports of a Pure EV electric scooter catching fire in the Manjampakkam area near North Chennai, raising safety concerns over electric scooters.

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The heat waves of 2022 summers have brought with them the incidents of electric scooters catching fire. A new incident has been reported with Pure EV electric scooter catching fire, preceded by the incidents of fire in Ola and Okinawa electric scooters. The incident occurred near Mathura Toll Plaza in the Manjampakkam area near North Chennai. This is the third incident from Tamil Nadu alone. 

The video of the burning scooter was uploaded on social media. In the video, the scooter can be seen burning with flames and black smoke coming out of the flaming scooter. Reportedly, this is the fourth incident of an electric scooter catching fire.

Incident from #Chennai outskirts.. Person was riding his #ElectricVehicle to work, when it started emitting smoke... he parked by the highway only to see flames erupt from the battery section.. Water tanker passing by put out the blaze pic.twitter.com/8XBkB2ODru — Sidharth.M.P (@sdhrthmp) March 30, 2022

A few days back, a similar incident of an Ola S1 scooter catching fire was reported. The incident was followed by an Okinawa scooter catching fire-raising safety concerns following the electric scooters considering the Indian weather conditions. As per the reports, the cause of the fire in these incidents is being investigated.

However, The central government has taken notice of these instances. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has launched an investigation into fires involving electric scooters. The Centre for Fire, Explosive, and Environmental Safety is stated to be conducting the investigation (CFEES).