Proportion of Residential Fires in HDB Flats Caused by Active Mobility Devices or Their Batteries in 2025

Question:

Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong: To ask the Minister for Home Affairs (a) what proportion of the residential fires in HDB flats this year are caused by active mobility devices (AMDs) or their batteries; (b) of the fires due to AMDs or their batteries, what is the breakdown by the three main types of devices: (i) mobility scooters (ii) electric bicycles and (iii) e-scooters.

Answer:

Mr K Shanmugam, Coordinating Minister for National Security and Minister for Home Affairs:

1. In the first half of 2025, fires involving Active Mobility Devices or their batteries accounted for less than two percent (or eight cases) of the fires in Housing and Development Board flats. Of these, one and seven fires were attributable to Power Assisted Bicycles and Personal Mobility Devices respectively.