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Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service has confirmed that a lithium-ion battery went into thermal runaway while charging, causing the house fire in Bootle on 22 September. A mother and her three children died. The service has recorded 150 lithium-ion battery…
Material Focus estimates more than 6.3 million vapes are still thrown away every week, despite the single-use vape ban. Vapes are linked to about 23% of tracked battery fires, and fires in the waste stream have risen 71% to more…
SUEZ's Health and Safety Director reports about two real fires a day across its UK operations. The Environmental Services Association now estimates battery fires cost the waste sector over £1 billion a year, up from £158 million in 2021.
Freedom of Information data gathered by insurer QBE shows 1,760 battery-linked fires in 2025, or 4.8 a day. That is a 147% rise in three years. 23% of the fires were in commercial premises.
More than 200 firefighters tackled a fire that began in a ground-floor vape shop beside Glasgow Central station on 8 March, closing Scotland's busiest station. An eyewitness described a charging adapter full of chargers under the counter. The cause is…
Four fire engines and about 25 firefighters attended a warehouse on Abbeydale Road, Wembley. About ten tonnes of carbon materials inside an external machine were damaged, along with part of the building's ducting. The fire was believed to be accidental.
London Fire Brigade attended 206 e-bike and e-scooter fires in 2025, its highest total yet. That is about one every other day. Two people died, and the Brigade is calling for regulation.
Eight fire engines and around 60 firefighters were sent to a high-rise data centre building in Blackwall after one lead-acid battery failed in a battery room. The fire was limited to the battery string and no one was hurt.
Analysis of Home Office data shows 13,172 fires in non-residential buildings in England in 2024/25. Industrial premises had the most workplace fires (1,656), followed by food and drink and retail. Hospitals and medical care premises had 433. Electrical distribution faults…