As the blazing battery was blocking the door, Rebecca Downes’ only means of escape was to jump 30ft from the second-floor window. She died from the horrific injuries she suffered in the fall.
Electrical Safety First warns electric bike batteries are prone to exploding while charging overnight, releasing the same amount of energy as six hand grenades.
Siddharth Kara, the author of the book Cobalt Red: How The Blood of The Congo Powers Our Lives, insists there is no such thing as ‘clean cobalt’ – the term given to describe ethically mined cobalt.
Edward Hughes’s badly burned body was found in the living room of his mother’s home, Deviock Cottage, near Torpoint, Cornwall, on 29 August last year.
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