LITHIUM batteries present the “fastest growing” risk of fires, a Welsh fire and rescue service has said reports BBC.

The batteries, and specifically lithium-ion batteries, are used to power a number of devices including e-bikes and scooters and their chargers, mobile phones, laptops and e-vapes. 

Campaigning charity Electrical Safety First said fires caused by substandard e-scooter and e-bike batteries were “tearing through homes” and want stricter rules to be introduced around their sale to reduce the risk.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy8e84v5e4go