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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
World
Noah Vickers

City Hall committee urges tighter regulation to stop e-bike fires

The rising number of fires caused by e-bikes and e-scooters in London has led a City Hall committee to urgently request tighter regulation from the Government.

The London Assembly’s fire, resilience and emergency planning committee said it was “very concerned” by the issue, warning that an e-bike fire is now occurring in the capital approximately once every two days.

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