The London e-bike and e-scooter are on track for a record year of fire, showing new analysis.
The London Fire Brigade (LFB) has recorded 165 incidents involving these vehicles by 28 September 2025.
The average of around 18 per month, capital is estimated to be more than 200 fire in the same year if the current trend persists.
30 -year -old Eden Abera Seam died Hospital after being rescued by firefighters When an explosion-the investigators found, it was probably caused by a charging e-bike battery failure-Lordship lane broke at her house on Wood Green on 21 June.
It was the fourth fatal e-bike fire recorded in the capital.
In all four cases, the victim did not include or used the e-bike.
Pamela Oparaocha, LFB Assistant Commissioner for Prevention and Protection, said: “We continue to see the disastrous consequences of e-bike and e-scooter fire in London.
“Our views are with Eden’s family along with all those who have been affected by fire in recent years.
“E-bike and e-scooters’ fire is worryingly common in London.
“Since the beginning of 2023, we have destroyed houses in fire, on average, every other day, and some of these fire and claimed life.”
Lithium battery-related fire-which are used for e-bikes and e-scooters-can spread from Teji and produce a toxic vapor.
LFB stated that products such as batteries, chargers and e-bike conversion kits purchased from online marketplaces are at greater risk of malfunction as they have not been subjected to the level of regulation as high road shops.
LFB said that Gig economy companies should make more to increase awareness about the risks of fire from e-bikes.
It wrote to delivery companies, Uber Eats, Just Eats and Dillivu to ask them to share safety advice with their riders this week.
In October last year, the Department of Trade and Trade called people a campaign to buy only safe electrical products from reputed vendors.
Leslie Rud, Chief Executive of Charity Electrical Safety, said, “We urge the government to be brave and bold, when they will introduce the rules to deal with these fire, and will continue to advocate for the introduction of the third-party certification for the e-bike battery, to ensure that they are safe before being sold in the UK market.
“Strict new safety standards for conversion kits should be replaced by a bike pushing into e-bikes, along with difficult new laws to clamp on online marketplace giants, along with whose platforms, whose platforms usually host the sale of inferior goods.”