Electrical Short Circuit

The fire started in a shop on the ground floor that housed electrical items and spread to the upper floor, where the family resided.

A couple and their newborn daughter were killed after a fire broke out in their house following an electrical short circuit, police said on Thursday.

A short circuit during the charging of electric scooters may have led to the fire at a Secunderabad building that claimed eight lives, a preliminary investigation has found.

Seven bikes were gutted in a fire in Maharashtra on Monday night, according to fire brigade officials. However, no one was injured in the incident. According to officials, the the bikes were plugged in for charging and prima facie a short circuit might have occurred due to overcharging. The fire occurred at an e-bike shop near the Gangadham area in...

Eleven newborn babies have perished in a hospital fire blamed on an electrical short circuit in Senegal's western city of Tivaouane, authorities said Thursday.

A Hero Photon electric scooter caught fire while it was being charged by a customer in Odisha. The company says the origin of the fire was due to a short circuit at the plug, and not the battery.

The fire erupted between 3 and 4 am following a short circuit in the electricity meter box on the ground floor of the building located in Vijay Nagar's congested Swarna Bagh Colony area, officials said.

Okinawa Autotech has said the fire that took place at an electric scooter dealership in Tamil Naidu on Saturday was "due to an electric short circuit".

While the cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained, sources in the company said that the fire was caused due to a short circuit and does not have anything to do with the ongoing battery recall. No injuries were reported.

A 12-year-old boy was charred to death in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district when a temporary wooden shed he lived in caught fire apparently due to an electrical short circuit, officials said.

A major fire erupted at Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd's (MSEDCL) 33 KV substation at a village in Latur district on Thursday morning, which affected the power supply in the region, officials said.

Hyundai Motor Co will voluntarily recall its Kona electric vehicles as a possible short circuit due to faulty manufacturing of its high-voltage battery cells could pose a fire risk, South Korea's transport ministry said on Thursday.

Three persons including an electricity contractor have been charged today for "negligence" after a short circuit caused a minor fire under the stage on which Prime Minister Narendra Modi was delivering his speech here.

Trains on Delhi Metro's busy Blue Line between Indraprastha and Yamuna Bank came to a halt today after an eagle hit overhead wires, triggering a short circuit.

A fire ripped through a hospital in Saudi Arabia today, killing at least 25 people and injuring 107, the authorities said.

The fire started in a shop on the ground floor that housed electrical items and spread to the upper floor, where the family resided.

A couple and their newborn daughter were killed after a fire broke out in their house following an electrical short circuit, police said on Thursday.

A short circuit during the charging of electric scooters may have led to the fire at a Secunderabad building that claimed eight lives, a preliminary investigation has found.

Seven bikes were gutted in a fire in Maharashtra on Monday night, according to fire brigade officials. However, no one was injured in the incident. According to officials, the the bikes were plugged in for charging and prima facie a short circuit might have occurred due to overcharging. The fire occurred at an e-bike shop near the Gangadham area in...

Eleven newborn babies have perished in a hospital fire blamed on an electrical short circuit in Senegal's western city of Tivaouane, authorities said Thursday.

A Hero Photon electric scooter caught fire while it was being charged by a customer in Odisha. The company says the origin of the fire was due to a short circuit at the plug, and not the battery.

The fire erupted between 3 and 4 am following a short circuit in the electricity meter box on the ground floor of the building located in Vijay Nagar's congested Swarna Bagh Colony area, officials said.

Okinawa Autotech has said the fire that took place at an electric scooter dealership in Tamil Naidu on Saturday was "due to an electric short circuit".

While the cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained, sources in the company said that the fire was caused due to a short circuit and does not have anything to do with the ongoing battery recall. No injuries were reported.

A 12-year-old boy was charred to death in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district when a temporary wooden shed he lived in caught fire apparently due to an electrical short circuit, officials said.

A major fire erupted at Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd's (MSEDCL) 33 KV substation at a village in Latur district on Thursday morning, which affected the power supply in the region, officials said.

Hyundai Motor Co will voluntarily recall its Kona electric vehicles as a possible short circuit due to faulty manufacturing of its high-voltage battery cells could pose a fire risk, South Korea's transport ministry said on Thursday.

Three persons including an electricity contractor have been charged today for "negligence" after a short circuit caused a minor fire under the stage on which Prime Minister Narendra Modi was delivering his speech here.

Trains on Delhi Metro's busy Blue Line between Indraprastha and Yamuna Bank came to a halt today after an eagle hit overhead wires, triggering a short circuit.

A fire ripped through a hospital in Saudi Arabia today, killing at least 25 people and injuring 107, the authorities said.