A fire broke out at electric scooter start-up Ather Energy’s dealership in Chennai. Videos of the incident have surfaced on the internet and show smoke coming out of Ather’s outlet. The fire occurred on Friday afternoon and the company was quick to make an official statement on Twitter.
In the tweet, Ather confirmed that a fire had broken out at its Chennai premises. And while there was some damage caused to the property and four scooters reportedly perished in the fire, no employees were injured in the mishap. The company is currently awaiting a report from the fire brigade to know the cause of the incident.
This is one of many electric scooter-related fire incidents that have occurred in the past two months or so in our country. Companies such as Ola Electric, Pure EV, Jitendra EV Tech and Okinawa have all been involved in EV fire incidents. However, this marks the first time that Ather has been involved in such an event. Most recently, a Hero Electric Photon scooter caught fire due to a faulty power socket.
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