The battery of an electric scooter exploded in a house in Nizamabad late on Tuesday night, leaving one person dead and two others injured.
Nizamabad III Town police identified the victim as Ramaswamy, a resident of Subhash Nagar Colony. The victim lived in a rented house with his son Balla Prakash, daughter-in-law Kamalamma, and their son Kalyan.
According to the police, the detachable battery of the e-vehicle, which was being charged indoors and in the same room where Ramaswamy slept, burst into flames around 12.30 a.m. The victim was severely injured, they said.