Kid’s Book Sparks EXPLOSIVE CAR FIRE in North Carolina: Ignites Under Child’s Car Seat!
A children’s book with a lithium button battery ignited under a child’s car seat in North Carolina, causing a fire in the family’s vehicle. 🌐 #News #ConnellySpringsNC #NorthCarolina #Safety
CONNELLY SPRINGS, NC – A children’s book left under a child’s car seat sparked a fire in a North Carolina family’s car due to the lithium “button battery” that allows the book to make sounds, according to fire marshals.
The George Hildebran Fire and Rescue Department responded to a vehicle fire on Sunday, and found a child’s car seat burned within the vehicle. The Fire Marshal’s Office was called to investigate the cause of the fire, and determined a children’s book’s button battery ignited after being left in the hot vehicle.
Photos shared by the fire department showed the bottom half of the car seat fully burned and melted into the seat of the vehicle.
Shocking Photo Gallery!
Although the fire department shared an example photo of the book “JJ’s Potty Time,” which makes sounds, it’s unclear if that was the specific title that caught fire.
Destiny Williams told WSOC-TV that she and her family, including her young daughter Misty, had returned home from church and were inside for only around 20 minutes before the fire began.
“This is crazy but thank God for protecting her,” Williams told the outlet.
“When the fire marshal came and confirmed it was from a lithium battery from a child’s book, I was honestly shocked and surprised,” Pressley Williams, Misty’s father, said.
He said the battery-powered book had no warning label. The family contacted the publisher to pay damages but were unsuccessful, and now simply hope to warn other families about the danger.
The U.S. Fire Administration advises consumers to keep lithium-ion batteries out of heat or sunlight, and out of hot cars, and to store them away from any items that could burn.
Written by TMX staff, with additional reporting by Jack and Kitty Norton. Photos courtesy: George Hildebran Fire & Rescue Department / TMX
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