Skip has suspended its scooter service in the D.C. area after one of its vehicles caught on fire last week.

“We currently have no reason to believe that this affects any other vehicles in our fleet,” the company said in a Twitter statement on Friday. “We are investigating all potential causes, including foul play.”

At around 11:40 a.m. on Thursday, a Skip scooter was found with its external battery on fire, the company said. Skip said that it would be updating the District Department of Transportation on its investigation into how the scooter fire started and collaborating with the city agency to get the scooters back online. No one was injured due to the fire.

The company also suspended service in San Francisco, the only other city it operates in, “out of an abundance of caution,” although the company does not believe the incident affects the rest of its fleet, a company spokesperson told the San Francisco Examiner.

It’s unclear when the scooters will be available to ride again. Skip is one of six companies that provides shared electric scooters in the District. D.C. is currently accepting new permit applications for dockless vehicle companies.

D.C. Fire and DDOT told the Washington Post that “they were not aware of any other such incidents with scooters operated in the District.”

Regional government representatives gathered last week to discuss scooter regulations as the use of micro vehicles has expanded throughout the region.

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