Aelectric motorcycle It caught fire this Monday on the Miami Beach boardwalk until it was charred for unknown reasons.
“Something is always on fire... this time it's a scooter on South Beach,” the events page reported.onlyindade, who shared a video of the vehicle deflagration.
Apparently, the fire did not cause significant damage to the street furniture and vegetation that surrounded it.
“The fire that was seen on the beach a few minutes ago was an electric bicycle that caught fire,” indicated the Instagram account oflifestyle_miami.
At the time of writing this note, it is unknown if fire units had to travel to the scene to deal with the incident.
"I was there. Someone thought it was a great idea to ride a scooter on the boardwalk. He crashed and fled,” said an alleged witness in the comments to one of these publications.
After the exodus caused by theCuban immigration crisis, in Miami the use of this type of electric motorcycles has grown, which in Cuba constitute one of the most popular means of transportation.
There are many fires caused by the explosion of the electric batteries of these motorcycles, which sometimes spread to garages and homes, causing injuries and even deaths due to these dangerous incidents.
“Those batteries with this heat are equivalent to a ticking bomb,” noted one of the Instagram users in the publication ofonlyindade.
Another took it with more humor and recommended: “Show this to anyone who wants to move to Miami. 'It's so hot here, scooters spontaneously combust, stay in New York.'”
“That is the color of a lithium fire,” said a third, leaving in the air the possibility that the fire was caused by the self-combustion of the lithium battery.
The recent wave of Cuban migrantshas popularized the use of motorbikes and scooters in Miami, low-displacement motorcycles (mopeds) that have become an affordable means of transportation and an alternative for those who do not have legal status.
Becoming a kind of lifesaver, they serve to move around in a city where the private car is the most used means of transportation and where public transportation does not satisfy the demands of the growing population.
The motorcycles “are just as useful for going to work as they are for filing paperwork, because not all family members can always take you to Children and Family, where benefits such as food stamps or Medicaid are requested,” he told Florida media in February. a recently arrived Cuban who worked in a store located in the southwest of the city.
The owner of the business was happy with the growth of his star product, which has gone from selling an average of 15 motorcycles per month to a figure that ranges between 70 and 100 per month, something that has led him to consider expanding his business. .
Despite the usefulness of motorbikes and scooters for those who have just arrived, among already established residents there are many who complain. However, many others ask for patience and solidarity with the newcomers.
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