A UK coroner has called for greater public awareness of the “life-threatening” risks of storing electronic bikes and scooters in the home after an eight-year-old boy died following a house fire caused by an e-bike, reported German Press Agency (dpa).

Luke Albiston O'Donnell died in hospital from hypoxia - low levels of oxygen in the body - and carbon monoxide poisoning after an e-bike on charge in the front room of his house in Merseyside caught fire in the early hours of Aug 4, an inquest concluded.

The blaze was sparked by the ignition of the bike’s lithium battery....