An electric scooter sparked a blaze in a San Francisco building that sent one person to a hospital Thursday morning, officials said.
The fire was reported shortly before 5 a.m. in the SoMa neighborhood, according to the San Francisco Fire Department. Firefighters arriving at the scene reported seeing heavy smoke on the building’s ninth floor. Crews quickly got a handle on the blaze and rescued two people, as well as a dog, according to the department. One person was taken to a hospital, officials said.The fire originated in the electrical components of an e-scooter, according to the department. It was not immediately clear what caused it to ignite.
Was it an Uber or Lyft scooter?
It's the coronascooter. Too soon?
Sending a scooter to a hospital seems like a bad use of resources
Electric....It's the future...
It happened while a bum was taking a dump on it lithium doesn't react well to feces