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E-bike battery fire destroys family home days before Christmas

London Fire Brigade warned that some of the vehicles are ‘incredibly dangerous’.

Evening Standard

Coroner warns of danger of storing e-bikes at home after boy died in blaze

Eight-year-old Luke Albiston O’Donnell died in hospital after an e-bike on charge in the front room of his house in Merseyside caught fire in August.

Evening Standard

Warning over e-bike and e-scooter fire risk

The Department for Business and Trade said faulty parts have resulted in hundreds of fires across the UK.

The Independent UK

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Warning not to buy e-bikes and e-scooters from rogue online retailers after deadly fires

The Department for Business and Trade said faulty parts have resulted in hundreds of fires across the UK

Evening Standard

E-bikes and e-scooters London’s 'fastest growing fire risk' with 131 blazes recorded so far this year

Parliament told one such fire is happening in the capital every two days

Evening Standard

Man who survived ebike fire that killed his family fights for change to UK law

Scott Peden, whose partner and two children died after battery exploded, calls for compulsory regulation

The Guardian - UK

Is your e-bike safe? How to avoid dangerous e-bike batteries

Are e-bike owners playing with fire every time they plug in for a top up?

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Father whose wife and children died in e-bike battery fire demands law change as cases surge

Scott Peden says he ‘lost his world’ when a charging e-bike battery exploded in his home

The Independent UK

Hero dad fighting for life after trying to save partner and two kids from house fire

Scott Peden has been lauded as a "hero" for bravely dashing into the building in Cambridge in a desperate bid to save partner Gemma Germeney and their two children

Daily Mirror

Tragedy of mum and son, 4, and daughter, 8, killed in house fire as dad fights for life

Mum Gemma Germeney and her two children Oliver and Lilly tragically died after a horror blaze at their home in Cambridge

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