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‘Unexploded bombs’: call for action after 11 deaths in UK due to e-bike fires

Dangerous batteries and conversion kits still being sold online, new safety data reveals

The Guardian - UK

Barnet Council fears new national cladding crisis as it sounds alarm over UVPC on houses

More than 400 Barnet residents face a bill of up to £23,000 to replace cladding and the council says it could be ‘the tip of the iceberg’ for UK

Evening Standard

Is your e-bike safe? How to avoid dangerous e-bike batteries

Are e-bike owners playing with fire every time they plug in for a top up?

Cycling Weekly

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More than 100 evacuated and nearly a dozen injured after fire in South Kensington

Eleven people treated for smoke inhalation after fire breaks out in residential building in London

The Guardian - AU

South Kensington fire: 11 people rushed to hospital and five rescued after blaze breaks out in five-storey building

Five people rescued from five-storey building as 15 fire engines and about 100 firefighters tackle blaze

Evening Standard

The government should make ebikes cheaper, not more powerful, if they want more people on bikes

No one with any real interest in seeing an uptake in cycling in the UK has called for the changes, argues advocacy expert Sam Jones

Cycling Weekly

Dog rescued after falling through ice on frozen lake in Dulwich, prompting warning to owners

Ponzo is thought to have been chasing something when she ran out across the ice

Evening Standard

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Roof destroyed in fire in Romford attended by 60 London firefighters

London Fire Brigade send crews to Romford to tackle blaze

Evening Standard

Kilburn sinkhole: More than 100 people evacuated over gas leak and burst water main

Residents were given shelter in a nearby church after a 24-inch gas main ruptured and a sinkhole opened up

Evening Standard

Grieving father who lost family in tragic house fire urges Britons to be safe with fireworks

Exclusive: ‘All I want is for no one else to lose their family,’ says Aroen Kishen, who was the lone survivor of a house fire at his home in Hounslow

The Independent UK

Boy, 16, arrested on suspicion of arson after fire at London Oratory School in Fulham

70 firefighters were called to school in Fulham at around 10am on Wednesday

Evening Standard

Serious delays on Catford South Circular after B&M lorry crashes into railway bridge

B&M truck collides with Catford station bridge

Evening Standard

Two people in hospital after jumping from windows to escape e-bike house fire

Most of the three-storey home in Hackney, east London was destroyed by the blaze, London Fire Brigade (LFB) said

Evening Standard

Abbey Wood: Heavy rain causes people to abandon their cars as flood alert issued for River Thames

Cars left stranded as roads in Abbey Wood and Plumstead flooded

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

Nine gym goers hospitalised and 70 evacuated after chlorine gas incident

Emergency services called out to Gold Gym in Hanwell

Evening Standard

Tube staff praised after Northern Line chaos saw passengers smash windows to escape suspected fire

All passengers had been evacuated from the train within 11 minutes of the onboard alarm being pressed

The Independent UK

Hundreds of people evacuated from homes as gas leak causes chaos

Doctors surgery in Vauxhall, South London suffered a gas leak, and 200 people have been evacuated from their homes

The Independent UK

Five dead and one unaccounted for after house fire

The five people who died in the blaze in Hounslow, west London, on Sunday evening are believed to be members of the same family.

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Evening Standard

London heroes: TfL staff, firefighters and charity workers awarded British Empire Medal

British Empire Medals were given out at a ceremony at the Tower of London

Evening Standard

Three taken to hospital after partial building collapse on Chelsea Embankment

Six other people were evacuated from inside the building

Evening Standard

Man dead, woman in hospital after fire tears through house in Lewisham

The blaze broke out in the early hours of Thursday

Evening Standard

Shadwell fire: Residents flee tower block blaze in east London as fire rips through 15th floor flat

Eighty firefighters battled the fire that is under investigation

Evening Standard

Man seriously injured when e-bike caught fire while charging in bedroom

London Fire Brigade said the victim suffered burns to several parts of his body while trying to put the blaze out with an extinguisher.

The Guardian - UK

London fire brigade warns public not to tackle ebike fires

Warning after man sustains life-changing burns from trying to put out battery blaze with fire extinguisher

The Independent UK

Man seriously injured when e-bike used for food deliveries caught fire

London Fire Brigade said the victim suffered burns to several parts of his body while trying to put the blaze out with an extinguisher.

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