We are issuing an urgent safety warning as in just one week, three severe e-bike fires have gutted homes in separate parts of London.
The first fire at a semi-detached house in Mitcham prompted 26 calls to our Control officers, and sadly saw the whole house, and a car parked outside, destroyed by the blaze.
Fortunately, two women and four men escaped without injury, but were left with just the belongings they had on them at the time.
The second fire, in Bethnal Green, started on the third floor a block of flats and quickly spread to flats on the fourth and fifth floors. Fire Investigators found two different lithium ion batteries with one charger and an e-bike in the flat where the fire started.
