Smoking Lime e-bikes caused by Birmingham’s Grand Central glare

Passer-by Aamina Omar, who was in the area on Thursday, described walking under the hotspot as “being hit with some sort of tornado”.

She was not shocked to learn e-bikes were smoking under the glaring sun.

“As soon as you walk towards that corner, you just feel this heat upon you,” she said.

“Network Rail need to put something up to counteract the heat because it’s going to get worse.”

Leon Trimble, from Birmingham, said he admired the architecture of the building but questioned how practical it would be as temperatures increase.

“If they’re going to put Lime bikes here regularly, they should have a shelter for them but luckily this bit of town people are always moving,” he said.

“If there was a bus stop it could be a fire hazard.”