4 dead, 2 critically hurt in fire that spread from e-bike shop

NEW YORK (AP) — A fire that started in a New York City e-bike shop early Tuesday spread to upper-floor apartments, killing four people and injuring several others, authorities said. City fire officials said the blaze was reported shortly after midnight on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in a six-story building that houses HQ E-Bike Repair. A pile of burned bikes, scooters and other debris was seen on the sidewalk outside the building. “A friend of mine came in and yelled ‘there’s a fire next door,’” Belal Alayah, a...