A man has died after a faulty mobility scooter battery was found to be the cause of a fire in his Leicester flat.
A report from LeicestershireLive explained how firefighters attended the ground floor flat in Leicester at 1.15am on September 30 after a neighbour reported smoke coming from a window.
Paramedics discovered an unconscious man inside and after been taken to Hospital was sadly declared to have died.
The report went on to detail how this led to a Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service investigation into the cause of the fire which confirmed the faulty battery in the mobility scooter.
A fire service spokeswoman said: “I can confirm that the cause of the fire was accidental – failure of lithium batteries located inside a mobility scooter. We received a call from a resident stating they could see smoke from a nearby flat.
“Crews forced entry and found a male casualty who was unconscious. The casualty was taken to Queens Medical Centre but sadly passed away in the early hours on Wednesday 30 September.”
Confirming: “A fire investigation was completed that day, and damage was 100% to a mobility scooter by fire, 30% to property by fire.”
