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69 BLAZES BLAMED ON LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES IN 2024, SAY FIREFIGHTERS
Birmingham Mail
|November 26, 2025
FIREFIGHTERS have issued a warning after a sharp rise in fires caused by lithium-ion batteries in the West Midlands.
The batteries can be found in devices such as vapes, e-bikes, e-scooters, phones and laptops.
Karlo Bogdan, 24, and Natasha Johnson-Mall, 27, and their two dogs, lost their lives last year in a Coventry house fire started by a battery in a bike converted into an e-bike.
Investigators said the blaze had started when the batteries on the e-bike ignited and 'rapidly escalated into an intense blaze'.
In 2023, West Midlands Fire Service responded to 40 incidents involving lithium-ion batteries and that number increased to 69 in 2024.
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