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An electric scooter made by Hyderabad startup PureEV burst into flames at Chennai on Wednesday raising concerns about the safety of such electric vehicles. The incident comes merely two days after a brand new Ola Electric scooter caught fire in Pune.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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Another one…Its spreading like a wild <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Fire?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Fire</a> .<br />
After <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Ola?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Ola</a> &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/okinawa?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#okinawa</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/electric?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#electric</a> scooter from <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PureEV?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PureEV</a> catches fire in Chennai.<br />
Thats the 4th incident in 4 days..<br />
The heat is on.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ElectricVehicles?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ElectricVehicles</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OLAFIRE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#OLAFIRE</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/lithium?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#lithium</a><a href="https://t.co/pFJFb7uKD7">https://t.co/pFJFb7uKD7</a> <a href="https://t.co/jJqWA48CNf">pic.twitter.com/jJqWA48CNf</a></p>
&mdash; Sumant Banerji (@sumantbanerji) <a href="https://twitter.com/sumantbanerji/status/1508841700747190272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 29, 2022</a></blockquote>
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A viral video of the incident shows plumes of smoke billowing from the electric scooter parked on the roadside in Manjampakkam, a residential colony in north Chennai.&nbsp;</p>
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On March 28, a video on social media showed Ola&#39;s S1 electric scooter catching fire in Pune. The EV was also parked on the roadside when the incident took place.</p>
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Reacting to the incident, Ola co-founder and CEO Bhavish Aggarwal said in a tweet: &quot;Safety is top priority. We&#39;re investigating this and will fix it.&quot;</p>
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