> Sounds fishy. How do we even know these were e-bike fires? Fire inspectors are remarkably good at pinpointing the cause of a fire. Many moons ago, I had a N

> Sounds fishy. How do we even know these were e-bike fires? Fire inspectors are remarkably good at pinpointing the cause of a fire. Many moons ago, I had a NiMH-powered portable vacuum go up and set my apartment on fire. I actually went with the fire inspector afterward (dumb of me as they were suspicious about the fire--never talk to the police), and he was very happy to talk about it. Walking around was enlightening: "Okay, let's see. Fire started ... somewhere around ... here. See that V-shape on the walls from the smoke? That's like an arrow pointing at the source. Aaaand, yep, there it is. (Pulls out pliers and yanks wire out of the wall) That's the culprit. (pulls stove out) AHA! There's the other battery they couldn't find. Hmmmm, those cabinets fell. Something heavy in those? (Yeah, cast iron fry pans). That would do it. You had some books right there and there. Oh, that's odd. Dense paper doesn't really burn that well. Those books are well burnt--accelerant here. Did you have oil in those cabinets? (Sure did). Okay. Well, looking at this the temperature was about X degrees--wow, we got lucky--this was pretty close to flashing over. ..." This went on for about an hour. One thing I really learned--don't try to commit fire insurance fraud unless you're on the level of a fire inspector. They WILL know even if they can't prove it.