E-scooter catches fire and traps man in apartment where he burns to death

An e-scooter killed a man after exploding into flames and trapping him inside his apartment.

A faulty lithium-ion battery set the scooter ablaze shortly after 3.30am on Wednesday in a second-floor apartment in the Brighton Beach neighborhood of Brooklyn, said the New York City Fire Department.

The fire and heat from the e-scooter were so strong that they blocked a 69-year-old man from exiting his unit...