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. His focus was to make it as a footballer and he knew he needed to keep locked in to make it. A relative of Shauny told the Daily Mail: ‘They are in limbo and in shock, especially because the other boy passed away. ‘They haven’t been back there but they have been left with nothing.’The family member told the Daily Mail: ‘The whole situation is just so sad. They were always in the house playing video games or playing football.’The Daily Mail reported that there were claims that the blaze was sparked from a defective e bike charger.

Source: Metro March 21, 2026 16:55 UTC