E-Bike Fires Drive Clamour for Tougher Laws

Campaigners, including the family of a 21-year-old woman who was killed in an e-bike fire last year, are calling on the government to take action about poor quality batteries, chargers, and e-bike conversion kits which pose a major fire risk. The call for action is supported by the London Fire Brigade (LFB), whose deputy assistant commissioner, Richard Field, told The Epoch Times, “E-bike and e-scooter fires are the fastest growing fire trend in London.” There have been 43 fires in London alone so far this year, compared with 27 in the same period in 2022. Mr. Field said: “These type of fires produce toxic, flammable gases that are often hard to extinguish. When these batteries and these chargers fail, they do so with ferocity. These fires quite often develop very quickly.”...