A grieving dad has called for urgent e-bike safety measures one year after losing his partner and two children in a fire. Scott Peden, 30, from Cambridge, lost his partner Gemma, 31, and their children Lilly, eight, and Oliver, four, during a fire caused by an e-bike battery bought online. The family's two dogs also died in the blaze, which left Scott in a coma for a month and with prolonged injuries.
Mr Peden, backed by the charity Electrical Safety First, is calling on all political parties to commit to introducing safety laws to prevent further tragedies. He said: "June marks one year since I lost my partner and two children in an e-bike fire at my home last summer and life hasn't been the same since. I feel like my life has ended and I don't know how to move on.
"Before the fire, I had no idea about the dangers of these lithium-ion batteries. I bought my battery online and just assumed it would be safe, I never imagined it could be so dangerous. "The battery exploded under my stairs, whilst my family was asleep.
Flames were coming up the stairs like a flamethrower. The fire and smoke filled the house up in seconds. I told them to jump but they couldn't get out.
I've lost everything from that one night and my heart has been left broken. "If my story doesn't show the desperate need for a change in regulation, then I don't know what will. I'm urging all the political parties to come together to tackle the issue of e-bike fires so that no one has to go through what I did.
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