The Latest Breaking News from London Fire Brigade

Regulate e-bike and e-scooter batteries like fireworks, urges charity

It comes as London Fire Brigade is called out to an average of one e-bike or e-scooter fire every two days

Evening Standard · Jul 27, 2023

Derelict mansion on London’s ‘Billionaires’ Row’ destroyed in huge blaze

Properties in the area are priced up to £65m

The Independent UK · Jul 22, 2023

Fire tears through mansion on London’s ‘Billionaires’ Row’, The Bishops Avenue

Around 70 firefighters spent hours tackling the blaze on one of London’s most expensive streets

Evening Standard · Jul 21, 2023

Thunderstorms batter UK with roads flooded and drivers abandoning submerged cars

Torrential downpours have hit the UK this evening with flash flooding causing roads to become blocked and images show cars trying to make their way through water more than a foot deep

Daily Mirror · Jun 12, 2023

Firefighters tackle huge blaze at Sydenham scrapyard as plume of smoke billows across south London

Thick smoke could be seen billowing across London as one man receives hospital treatment after blaze

Evening Standard · May 22, 2023

Video shows e-scooter explode into flames in London kitchen

London Fire Brigade has published the footage as a warning of the dangers posed by e-scooters and e-bikes while they charge.

Evening Standard · May 18, 2023

Man 'cheats death' as e-scooter bursts into flames while on charge in kitchen

Dell Williams, 37, left his e-scooter on charge in his house in Harlesden, London, when it burst into flames, with London Fire Brigade releasing the shocking CCTV footage as a warning to owners

Daily Mirror · May 18, 2023

Video shows e-scooter explode into flames in kitchen

London Fire Brigade has published the footage as a warning of the dangers posed by e-scooters and e-bikes while they charge.

The Independent UK · May 17, 2023

Concern over ‘realism’ of London Fire Brigade’s high-rise training

London’s Deputy Fire Commissioner said he wanted to ensure crews had ‘realistic’ training scenarios for high-rise fires

Evening Standard · May 17, 2023

E-scooter riders pay for flouting Tube ban

At least 27 people have been convicted after breaking TfL’s ban on bringing private scooters on board transport

Evening Standard · May 17, 2023