Fire and Rescue NSW believe the blaze may have been sparked by a faulty e-bike battery, with 70 people being evacuated from the Mad Monkey hostel.
Fire and Rescue NSW believe the cause may be an e-bike batteryAbout 70 people were evacuated from the Mad Monkey hostel in Darlinghurst on Wednesday morning, which has since been extinguished.showed one of the men standing in the hallway and talking to his friend through the doorway of the room when the fireball erupted.One of the men was taken to hospital with minor leg burns, while the other was uninjured.
"I literally just grabbed essentials, passport, phone and I had my laptop in my hand and just marched down the stairs."Solo backpacker Jannes Otto told the ABC he doesn't know where he'll stay tonight if he can't go back to his accommodation. "With backpackers in that area, they're not always English speaking, so management actually helped Fire and Rescue keep those people out and they'll be out for some time."The use of lithium battery-powered products in New South Wales is increasing, and so too is the rise in house fires caused by them.FRNSW said it had attended 149 reported battery-related incidents in 2023, a 16 per cent increase so far from last year.
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