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Fifty electric motorcycles from the police force have been pulled from daily operation after another two were damaged in a blaze that broke out at Ngau Tau Kok police station early Friday.
It was the first time the US-made Zero S ZF9 motorcycle burst into flames since the fleet went into full operation in Hong Kong two years ago, the Post learned.

The two motorbikes were being charged at the police station’s car park on Siu Yip Street when one of them burst into flames at about 1.15am Friday.

Police said the fire spread to the other motorcycle and a police van, damaging all three vehicles.

Firemen fought the blaze with a hose and doused the flames shortly after 1.30am. No one was injured, and firefighters found no suspicious cause.

“Initial investigation showed a short circuit was the suspected cause,” a source said.
He said the police, the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department and the Hong Kong agent of the manufacturer were investigating.

The source said the force’s 50 other electric motorcycles were pulled from operation as a safety precaution until the cause was established.



http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1993350/electric-motorcycles-belonging-hong-kong-police-catch-fire
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Re: Hong Kong Police pull Zero motorcycles out of fleet after fire.
« Reply #1 on: August 10, 2016, 12:35:55 PM »
Bad news for all of us. I hope they release the results of their investigation.

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Re: Hong Kong Police pull Zero motorcycles out of fleet after fire.
« Reply #2 on: August 10, 2016, 05:04:56 PM »
I hope my insurance company and the U.S. TV news doesn't hear about that story.  The next thing you know the press will be equating electric motorcycles to Chinese hover boards. :o
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