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Gloucester Couple Lose Everything After E-Bike Battery Fire Destroys Their Home

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A devastating house fire on January 13th in Quedgeley, Gloucester, has left a local couple, Matt Wood and Heidi Neale-Thomas, losing almost all of their possessions and displaced from their home. The fire began when an e-bike battery exploded inside the neighboring house on Shelduck Road, triggering a blaze that took fire crews over two hours to control. The young occupants of the property escaped unscathed, but the house was completely destroyed on the ground floor and severely damaged upstairs.