Heartbreak after modified e-bike fire destroys home

A mother has warned about the perils of modified e-bikes after a fire left her family homeless and killed one of her kittens.

Emma Wills, from Chilworth in Surrey, moved in to the property five months before a modified e-bike charging in her living room caught fire at the end of January.

"To go from a fresh start to losing everything so quickly has been devastating," she said.

The e-bike, which belonged to a family friend, had recently been modified using a conversion kit bought online.