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Electeds push legislation after battery causes Bronx fire

A roaring, billowing fire on March 5 in Fordham Heights tore through a supermarket and caused significant damage to its neighbors. The cause? A damaged lithium-ion battery that exploded. It stirred lawmakers to propose new safety standards.

Ruth Bromberg, Jewish WWII survivor, was 93

Ruth Bromberg passed away peacefully on Feb. 8, 2023, surrounded by her family and friends in her Riverdale home of 70 years.

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Dinowitz, Krueger bills on lithium-ion needs support

A fire that destroyed a supermarket earlier this month in the Fordham Heights section of the Grand Concourse may have injured some people and cost some people jobs. But luckily no one lost a life.

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