Electric Bike Fire in St. John’s Claims Pet and Displaces Five People

Ryan Smith

5 hours ago

1 min read

An electric bike fire inside St. John’s has left five people displaced and a cat deceased.

Firefighters with the St. John's Regional Fire Department were called to a home on Kelland Crescent just after 12:00 p.m. today.

The call came in after a person inside the home ran next door, alerting neighbours that a bike was on fire near the home. Neighbours quickly called 911. Moments later, firefighters from West End station were dispatched for reports of a vehicle fire. As firefighters were responding from west station, further information was received that an electric bike was on fire and located inside the garage of the home.

Crews arrived moments later and upgraded the call to a structure fire, dispatching crews from Central, Mount Pearl, Brookfield and Kent’s Pond stations.

As a result of the fire, it caused significant damage to home and displaced five residents. One of them appeared to be a youth who was believed to be the only one home at the time of the fire. Sadly, a pet cat passed away in the fire.

No further information is available at this time. If more information does become available, it will be provided at a later time.