00:00E-bike and e-scooter fires are often caused by the failure of batteries, conversion kits or chargers.
00:10These products bought from online marketplaces have been found to be at greater risk of malfunctioning
00:17than those sold by established retailers because they are not subjected to the same level of regulation.
00:24Nick Bailey of BatteryIQ, which provides a system to monitor the safety of e-bike batteries,
00:33said the e-bikes and e-scooters involved in fires are always cut-price products sold through online marketplaces with
00:41lax quality control.
00:43London, by a huge margin, has witnessed the highest number of fires in the UK involving these bikes.
00:51Fires involving lithium batteries used for e-bikes and e-scooters can spread rapidly and produce a toxic vapour.
01:0130-year-old Eden Abara, CM, died in hospital after being rescued by firefighters when a blaze,
01:08which investigators found was probably caused by the failure of a charging e-bike battery,
01:14broke out at her home in Wood Green in North London on the 21st of June last year.
01:20It was the fourth fatal e-bike fire recorded in the capital.
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