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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Ross Lydall

London firefighters called out to over 130 e-bike and e-scooter battery blazes in just over a year

Firefighters have been called to more than 130 fires involving the type of batteries used in e-bikes and e-scooters in London in little over a year, it can be revealed.

The huge jump in incidents came as the Government came under pressure to introduce rules on the safe storage of the vehicles in housing association and council-owned homes.

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