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

Scott Peden, who spent a month in a coma after the fire: ‘Campaigning has given me a sense of purpose.’ Photograph: Sean Smith/The Guardian

A man who narrowly survived an ebike battery fire that killed his partner and two children says he is tormented by grief and guilt but determined to fight to change the law to avoid similar tragedies.

Scott Peden, 31, was placed in an induced coma for a month after suffering 15% internal burns when he tried to wrestle his burning ebike out of his Cambridge flat last June. He also smashed his heel in three places jumping from his bedroom after the battery exploded.