E-bike batteries used by migrants working as fast food couriers risk starting fires at hotels hired out by the Home Office.
The Telegraph has established that the London Fire Brigade (LFB) has been called six times to a single hotel housing hundreds of male migrants since 2023.
One of those blazes was caused by a lithium battery bursting into flames while charging in an asylum seeker’s room. The battery pack was believed to have been used to power a migrant’s e-bike used to deliver fast food and groceries ordered through app companies, including Deliveroo and Just Eat.
