LITHIUM batteries present the “fastest growing” risk of fires, a Welsh fire and rescue service has said reports BBC.
The batteries, and specifically lithium-ion batteries, are used to power a number of devices including e-bikes and scooters and their chargers, mobile phones, laptops and e-vapes.
Campaigning charity Electrical Safety First said fires caused by substandard e-scooter and e-bike batteries were “tearing through homes” and want stricter rules to be introduced around their sale to reduce the risk.
