Two people in Nanjing have been left dead in a fire that appears to be the result of an electric bike charging. It’s a tragedy highlighting the genuine dangers posed by the carelessness of those thinking of convenience over safety.
南京有两人在一场似乎由电动自行车充电引起的火灾中死亡。这是一场悲剧，突显了那些只考虑便利而非安全的人的粗心大意所带来的真正危险。
The fire broke out on 12 December, in a fourth floor apartment in the Yueyuan Yicun Residential Community off Yingyuan Nan Lu in Nanjing’s Xuanwu District, not far from Hongshan Forest Zoo.
12月12日，南京市宣武区盈源南路月园一村小区一栋四楼公寓发生火灾，距红山森林动物园不远。
During the blaze, the owner of the property, a man said to be in his 40s, successfully led his wife to safety to then return inside the apartment to look for their 18 year old son.
火灾期间，该房产的业主（一名据称 40 多岁的男子）成功地将妻子带到了安全地带，然后返回公寓内寻找他们 18 岁的儿子。
Tragically, however, both the man and his son died in the blaze. The fire had also spread to, and largely engulfed, the apartments above on the fifth and sixth floors.
然而不幸的是，该男子和他的儿子都在大火中丧生。大火还蔓延到并大部分吞没了五楼和六楼的公寓。
The following day, 13 December, staff at Hongshan Police Station told reporters that the fire was the result of the charging of an e-bike’s battery. Police are continuing their investigations, reports The Paper.
次日12月13日，红山派出所工作人员告诉记者，起火原因是电动自行车电池充电引起的。据澎湃新闻报道，警方正在继续调查。
The two deaths remind of another tragic fire in Nanjing, back in August of 2020, as this publication reported at the time.
正如该出版物当时报道的那样，这两人的死亡让人想起 2020 年 8 月南京发生的另一场悲惨火灾。
That was when a fire from the battery of an e-bike parked in a typical alleyway spread to the adjacent residential building, torching an apartment therein.
当时，一辆停在一条典型小巷里的电动自行车电池起火，火势蔓延到邻近的住宅楼，烧毁了其中的一间公寓。
The fire quickly spread to other electric bikes parked nearby. Before long, a large blaze ascended the adjacent building, setting fire to a third floor apartment. The fire caused the deaths of three females therein; a mother and daughter plus another family relative.
火势很快蔓延到附近停放的其他电动自行车。不久之后，邻近大楼发生大火，烧毁了三楼的一套公寓。火灾造成三名女性死亡；一对母女加上另一位家庭亲戚。
The owner of the bike was arrested on suspicion of causing the fire after having spent ¥13,000 on customising the bike. Among the modifications was the installation of a battery other than the factory standard.
车主花费13,000日元定制自行车后，因涉嫌引发火灾而被捕。其中一项修改是安装了工厂标准以外的电池。
In subsequent legal hearings, it was found that the owner’s actions in modifying the e-bike presented a possible safety hazard that could have been foreseen. The owner was sentenced to serve a prison term of 3 and half years.
在随后的法律听证会上，发现车主改装电动自行车的行为可能存在可以预见的安全隐患。业主被判处有期徒刑3年半。
The message should by now be clear; electric bike batteries are a potential fire hazard. Readers of The Nanjinger are reminded that electric bikes should not be charged at home and neither should any battery other than the factory standard be utilised.
现在信息应该很清楚了；电动自行车电池存在潜在的火灾隐患。 《南京人》提醒读者，电动自行车不要在家充电，也不要使用非出厂标准的电池。
