FOI Request 2314

Subject: Lithium Battery Fires

Status: In Progress

Date received: March 2026

Question Asked:

Please could I request data from 2016-2025, or the earliest year after 2016 data is available from for the following:

• Total number of domestic property fires

• Number of those fires where the ignition source was a lithium battery

• Number of those fires linked to specific device types (if recorded)

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