Lithium-ion batteries to blame in 2 NYC fires Friday, fire marshals say

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Lithium-ion batteries to blame in 2 NYC fires Friday, fire marshals say
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A fire in Ozone Park, Queens killed a 93-year-old woman. Flames broke out on the second floor of the building on 101st Avenue.

A 93-year-old woman has died after a fire broke out at a mixed-use building at 98-01 101st Avenue in Queens on Friday. Josh Einiger has more on what officials are investigating as the cause.

Fire marshals say lithium-ion batteries caused two fires on Friday in New York City - one of the deadly.First responders found Kam Mei Koo unconscious. She later died at the hospital.A lithium-ion battery also started a fire on Tinton Avenue in the Bronx on Friday that left 10 people homeless. No one was injured in that fire.

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