Lithium battery related fires

Reference

1327

Information Released

Yes

Received Date

08/09/2023 12:00 am

Responded Date

02/10/2023 12:00 am

FOI Topics

Incident and emergency response

Request detail

As a freedom of information request, please provide data regarding the number of lithium battery related fires you have recorded. Specifically, please provide:
– Annual totals for the years 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and so far in 2023
– Those annual totals split by the type of lithium device involved (such as e-bike, e-cigarette, e-scooter).
– Those annual totals split by the number of related injuries or fatalities
Please provide such data electronically, ideally as a spreadsheet.

Response detail

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request. Please refer to the attached spreadsheet for the information requested. Please note that the type of device the lithium batteries were located in is not recorded

Documents

Lithium Battery Incidents - FOI
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