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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Jacob Phillips

Friend of model killed in e-bike fire says her death was not in vain after London Underground rule change

Sofia Duarte - (London Fire Brigade)

The close family friend of a model who died in an e-bike battery fire has said her death was not in vain following news that the bikes will be banned from the London Underground.

Alda Simoes, 47, had been campaigning for Transport for London to ban e-bikes from trains and stations in the wake of Sofia Duarte’s death in a “ferocious fire” on New Year’s Day in 2023.

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