Electric scooter fire at Ilha Verde car park, two other vehicles damaged

An electric scooter caught fire in the parking lot of the Ilha Verde neighborhood around midnight last night, the Fire Service Bureau (CB) has reported. According to the preliminary investigation, the CB believes that the fire was caused by a short circuit at the vehicle’s charging cable. Although the CB was called to the scene, by the time of their arrival the parking lot security staff had already extinguished the fire. The CB also found that, besides the scooter causing the fire, two vehicles of the same kind, parked immediately next to it also suffered damages.