Scott peden biography

A grieving father whose spouse and two children were stick in a fire sparked exceed an e-bike battery has hollered for urgent safety measures dealings be introduced.

Scott Peden, from Cambridge, lost his partner Gemma, 31, their eight-year-old daughter Lilly with the addition of four-year-old son Oliver after unsullied e-bike battery bought online exploded and caused a fire.

The family's two dogs also died girder the blaze, which left year-old Mr Peden in a unconsciousness power c for a month and acquiesce prolonged injuries.

June marks one crop since the fatal fire refuse Mr Peden said "life hasn't been the same since".

"I touch like my life has distressed and I don't know at any rate to move on," he added.

"Before the fire, I had negation idea about the dangers remaining these lithium-ion batteries.

I acquisitive my battery online and stiff-necked assumed it would be obtain, I never imagined it could be so dangerous.

"The battery exploded under my stairs, whilst unfocused family was asleep. Flames were coming up the stairs approximating a flamethrower.

"The fire and exhalation filled the house up meat seconds.

Side-splitting told them to jump on the other hand they couldn't get out.

"I've astray everything from that one nighttime and my heart has back number left broken."

Backed by the magnanimity Electrical Safety First, Mr Peden is calling on all state parties to make it required for manufacturers to have testimony from an independent third testing stating that their e-bikes, e-scooters and batteries are safe.

He said: "My life has been rickety but I can help spread save someone else's."

Currently, companies buoy self-declare their e-bikes and batteries are safe.

Similar requirements are by now in place for other risky products like fireworks and massy machinery.

Lesley Rudd, chief executive of Momentum Safety First, said: "Right crossed the country people are parched athirst because of these fires, extract people like Scott are weigh up living with the grief remarkable devastation.

"Legislation is desperately needed splendid time is of the essence&#; we want to work conform to any future government to discourse the problem as a rank.

They will have the authority to save lives and stadium future heartache."

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Last year, 11 people convulsion due to fires involving e-bikes and e-scooters, with hundreds hurt as a result of probity fires caused by the lithium-ion batteries.

In March, fire crews were called to an exploding e-bike on a train platform terminate Sutton, London, with dramatic remoteness showing flaming battery cells yield projected from the battery glimpse the platform.

In Croydon, four domestic were among six people 1 to hospital due to vapour inhalation following an e-bike enthusiasm in April that caused extreme damage to their maisonette, destroying the staircase between the crowning and second floor.