{"id":124211,"date":"2026-01-07T21:54:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T21:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/124211\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T21:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T21:54:08","slug":"fresno-home-fills-with-smoke-from-malfunctioning-cell-phone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/124211\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno Home Fills With Smoke From Malfunctioning Cell Phone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fresno firefighters responded to a report of a possible house fire Tuesday afternoon after a homeowner reported seeing smoke inside a residence in the 5400 block of West Swift Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>Fire crews arrived just after 4:40 p.m. and found smoke throughout the home, prompting a thorough search to locate the source, according to the Fresno Fire Department.<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters determined the smoke was caused by a malfunctioning cell phone that had been left charging. The department said the lithium-ion battery did not enter the thermal runaway phase and did not ignite any surrounding materials.<\/p>\n<p>The Fresno Fire Department used the incident to remind residents to use only manufacturer-approved accessories, avoid leaving devices unattended while charging and discontinue use if a device or charger becomes hot, damaged or shows signs of malfunction.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Connect with\u00a0\u00a0on social media. Got a tip? Send an\u00a0.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fresno firefighters responded to a report of a possible house fire Tuesday afternoon after a homeowner reported seeing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":124212,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":{"0":"post-124211","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fresno","8":"tag-fresno","9":"tag-fresno-headlines","10":"tag-fresno-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124211\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}