The head of Avon Fire Authority has branded e-scooters a “fire risk” following a warehouse blaze involving hundreds of Voi vehicles.
In a damning statement to a council meeting, authority chairwoman and Bristol city councillor Brenda Massey said there was growing evidence scooters posed a “hazard” and criticised Voi, the company running the regional trial with the West of England Combined Authority (Weca).
Cllr Massey said the fire service had “considerable difficulty” extinguishing e-scooter fires because the electric battery was sealed and the only way was to completely submerge them in water, which contaminated the two-wheelers and made them hard to dispose of safely.
