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A man who lost his family in an e-bike battery fire has called for tighter regulation
Posted 12 June 2024 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Product Safety|National
UPDATES: After losing his partner and two children in a fire caused by an e-bike battery, Scott Peden is calling for stronger safety controls as CTSI and campaigners press for urgent action on unsafe lithium-ion products sold online.
A man who lost his family in a fire caused by a faulty e-bike battery has called for the introduction of stricter safety measures to prevent the devices causing any more deaths.
Scott Peden (30) lost his partner Gemma (31), his eight-year-old daughter Lilly and four-year-old son Oliver when a fire caused by a battery from an e-bike purchased online ripped through the family home in Cambri...
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