Energy type: 
Electricity
 
Event summary: 
Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ) notified WorkSafe Energy Safety of a battery charger fire that caused significant damage to a domestic property.
 
Accident ID: 
181010-01
 
Accident date: 
7 October 2018
 
Site: 
Domestic
 
Environment: 
Building
 
Voltage: 
230
 
Equipment: 
Battery chargers
 
Accident type: 
Fire
 
Casualty: 
Non-fatality
 
Injury: 
No injury
 
Property damage level: 
Extended to multiple rooms
 
Outcome of investigation: 

FENZ determined that the point of fire origin was where the battery charger had been situated. The battery under charge was also confirmed by FENZ as being unlikely to have been the cause of this fire. WorkSafe considered that the tripping of MCB indicated that a short-circuit malfunction had occurred within the unidentified charger and that the charger was therefore the likely cause of the fire.

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