Battery suspected as cause of North Side fire
A fire in a Pittsburgh house last week may have been caused by lithium-ion batteries that ignited while being charged in a solar-powered, after-market charging system, the Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire said Tuesday.
Firefighters responded to a one-alarm fire on June 23 inside a bedroom at a home along the 3800 block of Wealth Street in Brighton Heights.
There were no reported injuries.
The exact cause of the fire is yet to be determined by the fire investigation unit, but the initial probe points to lithium-ion batteries, the fire bureau said.
Joe Napsha is a TribLive reporter covering Irwin, North Huntingdon and the Norwin School District. He also writes about business issues. He grew up on Neville Island and has worked at the Trib since the early 1980s. He can be reached at jnapsha@triblive.com.
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