SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine (WGME) -- Officials say a homemade battery pack for an e-bike appears to have sparked a fire at a large apartment building in South Portland. Crews responded to a fire on the 7th ...

Feb. 7—A homemade battery pack on an e-bike was the likely cause of a fire at a 100-unit apartment building in South Portland Friday morning. The fire department was alerted to the fire at 425 ...

It was a battery powered e-bike that had been modified with a homemade battery pack intended to replace the original battery pack, according to fire officials.

The fire was reported on the 7th floor of a 100-unit apartment building on Broadway on Friday morning. A homemade battery pack on an e-bike was the likely cause of a fire at a 100-unit apartment ...