Battery danger: Read this if you have an e-bike or e-scooter

Some may remember the fire in an overcrowded flat in Shadwell last year. The survivors are now suing the landlords and battery manufacturer:

Twelve survivors of an ebike battery fire that killed a man have launched legal action against their landlords and the battery’s manufacturer.

The 12 managed to escape in the early hours of 5 March 2023, after an overcrowded flat they were living in – in Maddocks House in Shadwell, east London – caught fire due to an explosion found by a coroner to have been caused by a faulty ebike battery. Mizanur Rahman, a 41-year-old father-of-two, died in the fire.

The legal action, thought to be the first of its kind involving ebikes, is being brought against both the manufacturer of the ebike battery, Leon Cycle Ltd, and the landlords who have already pleaded guilty to housing offences in relation to the fire.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/oct/24/12-ebike-fire-survivors-sue-london-landlords-and-battery-manufacturer