00:00The London Fire Brigade is now urging ministers to speed up and increase
00:05regulation to improve the safety of electric bikes and electric scooters to reduce
00:10the number of fires.
00:12Firefighters were called to an average of 17 in
00:15accidents a month last year with a total of around 107 e-bike and
00:2035 e-scooter related fires.
00:23Lewisham and Southwark
00:25recorded the highest number of incidents with 16 each followed by tele...
00:30Hamlet with 15, Lambeth with 12 and then Westminster with 11.
00:35In March of 2025, occupants of a home in Hither Green, Lewisham...
00:40heard a loud bang before a partition wall collapsed.
00:43Residents told the BBC...
00:45It was like a grenade had been thrown into the flat.
00:48With one person forced to jump...
00:50out of the front first floor flat window to escape.
00:54New lows...
00:55It was introduced last year gave the government powers to hold online marketplaces accountable.
01:00for the products they sell.
01:02But the London Fire Brigade is calling for secondary...
01:05legislation to establish stricter standards for batteries and conversion kits.
01:10Deputy Commissioner Spencer Sutcliffe said firefighters attend a...
01:15e-bike or e-scooter fires every other day on average.
01:18Leader of the Green Park...
01:20Deputy Zach Polanski told the London Democracy Reporting Service...
01:23that the committee had raised...
01:25serious concerns with the government back in 2023.
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