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Horrific e-bike battery fire destroys family home and kills beloved cat, shocking video shows

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DeTurris, D. (2026, November 11). Horrific e-bike battery fire destroys family home and kills beloved cat, shocking video shows. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/11/11/us-news/horrific-e-bike-battery-fire-destroys-oregon-family-home-and-kills-beloved-cat-shocking-video-shows/

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A faulty e-bike battery exploded late Thursday night in Troutdale, destroying a two-story home and killing a cat. Teenager Preston Williams reported he had left the battery unattended on his living room floor when it began to smoke and eventually detonated. The explosion forced six tenants to evacuate immediately; fortunately, all escaped safely but lost their possessions to the fire. Video footage captures the rapid spread of flames through the house, underscoring the dangerous potential of improperly stored e-bike batteries.

Written by AI on 2026-11-11, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

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On November 10, 2026, a home in Troutdale, Oregon, was quickly engulfed in flames after an e-bike battery exploded while it was charging. Home surveillance footage captured the moment a mother and her son noticed smoke coming from the battery before it erupted into a huge fireball, followed by smaller explosions. All six people inside the house managed to escape safely, but a cat did not survive. Authorities confirmed that everyone except for the cat made it out of the burning building unharmed.

Written for “E-Bike Battery Explodes In Home Fire” on 2026-11-11, grounded in this article and the 2 other(s) covering the same event.

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2 of 9 hedged ("reportedly", "may", "according to")

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Preston Williams, 15, told the local TV station he’d been out riding his e-bike before he took it back home.

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The blazing inferno made easy work of the two-story Troutdale home in a matter of minutes, requiring an immediate response from emergency crews Thursday night, Gresham Fire and Rescue said, according to KOIN. uncertain

Fire → blaze → KOIN

Shocking video shows the quaint home being devoured by the horrific blast, which was triggered by a faulty e-bike battery that exploded, fire officials confirmed. asserted

officials → show → battery

Preston Williams, 15, told the local TV station he’d been out riding his e-bike before he took it back home. asserted

he → tell → it

The teen said he’d just fixed his bike and left the battery unplugged in the living room when he soon noticed a strange smell in the house – one of the telltale signs of a degraded battery. asserted

he → say → battery

“It popped the first time, and then I didn’t know if I should grab the battery and … see what would happen,” Williams said as he smelled the battery while it started to smoke. asserted

it → pop → battery

The teen said he called 911 and waited for first responders outside the home, while his mother ran upstairs to alert their new neighbors, Kelli Gasaway and her partner. asserted

mother → say → neighbors

Gasaway compared the blast to “a hand grenade going off underneath you,” before she and her partner, Anthony, rushed out of the home, who’d only started living there a few months ago. “It was like by the time I got out, there was already smoke completely engulfed in our apartment …before the flames were all the way through upstairs,” she said. asserted

she → compare → apartment

The six tenants of the multifamily home were able to escape in time, though a beloved cat was killed in the fire. “The timing wise, like we could have been all asleep and it could have happened,” Williams cautioned. uncertain

Williams → escape → fire

“I’m super grateful that everyone was awake.” asserted

everyone → ’m → ?

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