As the Web melts down over Back to the Future Day and brands try to jump on the fast-moving bandwagon, the London Fire Brigade (LFB) has issued a warning for ‘hoverboard’ – self-balancing scooter – owners to pay close attention while they’re charging, over fears they pose a fire risk. The LFB says that in the space of two weeks, it had to send out four fire engines and 20 firefighters to attend a bedroom fire caused by “an electric uni-cycle” on charge. An earlier incident resulted in two men having to escape through a window, after “a banging noise” drew their…
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