The victim of a house fire is lucky to be alive after an e-bike caught fire, causing his home to go up in flames.
A fire broke out at the property in Washington after the electric bike was charging in the living room. The resident of the ground-floor terraced flat woke up in the early hours of June 16 to find smoke bellowing through his home and frantically called for help.
Crews from Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service (TWFRS) were deployed to the property. The firefighters from Washington, Hebburn and Gateshead Community Fire Stations were able to get the fire under control.
