FOI release

Battery/faulty product fires FOI request

Case reference FOI2025/01080

Received 1 October 2025

Published 29 October 2025

Request

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please can you disclose the following information: 1. 2. 3. How many fires in the previous three financial years (2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25) have 4. batteries listed as their cause? 5. 6. 7. 8. From fires with batteries listed as a cause, can you provide a breakdown of injuries 9. and fatalities for each of these years? 10. 11. 12. 13. From fires with batteries listed as a cause, can you provide a breakdown of location 14. for each of these years and whether it was business or residential 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. How many fires in the previous three financial years (2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25) have 21. faulty electrical goods listed as their cause? 22. 23. 24. 25. From fires with faulty electrical goods listed as a cause, please provide a breakdown 26. of injuries and fatalities. 27. 28. 29. 30. From fires with batteries listed as a cause, can you provide a breakdown of location 31. for each of these years and whether it was business or residential 32.

Response

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Documents

• FOIA response for disclosure log - FOI2025_01080 (1).pdf (161.8 KB)

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