18 children injured, 1 critically, in fire sparked by lithium-ion battery at NYC day-care house

NEW YORK — Eighteen children were injured Wednesday in a fire that was sparked by a lithium-ion battery at a Queens day care, officials said. The blaze broke out in the basement of the two-story house in Kew Gardens Hills around 2:05 p.m., according to the FDNY. “It was a lot of smoke coming out all of the windows,” said neighbor Adina Landon. The first floor of the house is a day-care facility, police said. “Companies arrived and found heavy fire in the basement,” said FDNY Chief of Operations John Esposito. Firefighters removed 18 children from the house, where one was critically injured. Th...