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Brown also filed a lawsuit against Buck, alleging sexual battery, assault, hate violence, emotional distress and human trafficking.

Solar panels and battery will follow shortly, if all goes to plan.

GWR also tested its own battery train earlier this year.

But Euan McTurk, a consultant battery electrochemist, says Nissan Leaf cells are “far more robust than people give them credit for”.

The urgent response to a lithium battery fire is to flood the cell with as much water as possible to cool it down, says fire safety consultant Mr Simpson, which may not be viable depending on where the fire occurs.