Teen footballer killed and friend in coma after ‘e-bike battery explodes’

Teen footballer Tommy Ballay-Dean died in a fire in a south London home (Picture: GoFundMe)

An aspiring footballer has died aged 16 and his friend is in a coma after an electric bike allegedly burst into flames in a London home.

Tommy Ballay-Dean, known as Junior, died at his friend Shauny Halsey’s home in Southwark, south London, on Wednesday after a blaze broke out.

The pair had just returned to the house from the shops when the fire erupted.

Emergency services were called at 2:57pm...