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More than 2,000 fires were started by e-bikes, e-scooters or their batteries in the UK between 2019 and 2025, causing 18 deaths and nearly 700 injuries, with annual fires rising from 32 in 2019 to 605 in 2025


Fatalities included people who inhaled toxic fumes from fires or became trapped inside burning homes.

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