Battery fires leave questions behind.

A lithium battery fire is frightening and disorienting, and in the days afterwards it is rarely obvious what — if anything — you can do about it. We set out, in plain terms, what tends to matter: how these fires start, what the UK data actually shows, where the safety and regulatory picture stands, and how responsibility for a fire like yours is usually worked out. We write to inform you, not to pressure you.

We would rather be useful than impressive. Where the evidence is thin, we say so. Where a figure cannot be traced to a named source, we take it down rather than hedge it. That rule is the reason this site exists in the shape it does.

Understand what happened

Plain explanations of how lithium-ion, e-bike and e-scooter fires start — faulty batteries, incompatible or counterfeit chargers, damaged cells, and unsafe conversion kits — so you can make sense of your own incident.

See the real UK data

Our UK lithium battery fire statistics tracker collects dated figures from sources we name on the page itself. Figures we cannot attribute that way come down rather than get hedged.

Know where you stand

Our eligibility guide explains how our lawyers approach responsibility after a battery fire, and what usually decides it.

1. We name the source next to the figure. Not in a bibliography, not in a footnote — on the same line, with the date it was published, so you can check it before you rely on it.
2. We separate London data from UK-wide data. They are not interchangeable, and we have seen too many pages treat them as though they were.
3. We withdraw what we cannot stand behind. We have taken figures off this site because we could not trace them to a named primary release. We say which ones, and why, on the page they came from.
4. We do not tell you what your case is worth. Nobody can, before the facts are established. Anyone who does is guessing at your expense.

You can read more about who we are and how we source our work on our about us page.

Does it cost anything to use this site?

No. Everything we publish here is free to read, there is nothing to sign up to, and we ask nothing of you in return.

Can you tell me whether I have a claim?

Not from a page. Whether there is a route forward depends on what caused the fire and who, if anyone, fell short of a duty they owed you — and that turns on facts we do not have. Our guides explain how our lawyers approach the question, so you can see where your own situation is likely to sit.

What should I do first after a battery fire?

Once you are safe and the fire service has dealt with the incident, keep the damaged item and its charger rather than throwing them away, take photographs when it is safe to do so, and note the fire service incident reference. Our evidence checklist sets it out step by step.

What happens to any details I send you?

Nothing, because we are not collecting anything yet — we have no enquiry route open. When we open one, we will say on our privacy page exactly what we collect and why, before it goes live.