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E-bikes and e-scooters fire warning after record number of blazes and eight deaths

More than 200 fires involving e-scooters and e-bikes were recorded last year, resulting in eight deaths

The Independent UK · Jun 15, 2025

Revealed: Fires in London sparked by 'dangerous' e-bikes and e-scooters double in three years

Exclusive: Standard investigation uncovers 120 injuries and 3 deaths in the capital linked to vehicles catching alight

Evening Standard · Mar 26, 2025

E-bike battery fire destroys family home days before Christmas

London Fire Brigade warned that some of the vehicles are ‘incredibly dangerous’.

Evening Standard · Dec 20, 2024

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

Scott Peden, whose partner and two children died after battery exploded, calls for compulsory regulation

The Guardian - UK · Jun 11, 2024

Is your e-bike safe? How to avoid dangerous e-bike batteries

Are e-bike owners playing with fire every time they plug in for a top up?

Cycling Weekly · Mar 4, 2024

Father whose wife and children died in e-bike battery fire demands law change as cases surge

Scott Peden says he ‘lost his world’ when a charging e-bike battery exploded in his home

The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2023

Hero dad fighting for life after trying to save partner and two kids from house fire

Scott Peden has been lauded as a "hero" for bravely dashing into the building in Cambridge in a desperate bid to save partner Gemma Germeney and their two children

Daily Mirror · Jul 3, 2023

Tragedy of mum and son, 4, and daughter, 8, killed in house fire as dad fights for life

Mum Gemma Germeney and her two children Oliver and Lilly tragically died after a horror blaze at their home in Cambridge

Daily Mirror · Jul 2, 2023