{"id":392386,"date":"2026-07-09T19:07:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T19:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/392386\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T19:07:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T19:07:08","slug":"family-wakes-up-to-sparks-coming-from-charging-e-scooter-lithium-battery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/392386\/","title":{"rendered":"Family wakes up to sparks coming from charging e-scooter lithium battery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 A Fresno family woke up to a scary situation after a lithium-ion battery charging overnight began sparking and smoking inside their home.<\/p>\n<p>The Fresno Fire Department says  firefighters were called to the house Thursday morning after the family ran out of the house.<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters arrived and quickly removed the smoking battery and electric scooter before the fire could spread, preventing significant damage.<\/p>\n<p>[RELATED] <a href=\"https:\/\/kmph.com\/news\/local\/helmet-cam-firefighters-open-roof-to-ventilate-large-fire-in-merced-city-smoke-flames-chainsaw-potential-victims-rescue-search-helmet-camera-poc-body-cam-bodycam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">HELMET CAM: Firefighters open roof to ventilate building on fire in Merced<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fire officials say lithium-ion battery fires are becoming more common as the batteries are used in devices like e-bikes, e-scooters, power tools, and cell phones.<\/p>\n<p>While generally safe when used properly, damaged, defective, or improperly charged batteries can fail and ignite without warning.<\/p>\n<p>The Fresno Fire Department gave several tips for charging lithium-ion batteries:<\/p>\n<p>Only use manufacturer-approved batteries and chargers.Do not leave batteries charging longer than necessary.Disconnect batteries from chargers once charging is complete.Charge batteries on hard, non-combustible surfaces.Keep batteries away from exits, combustible materials, and direct sunlight.If a battery begins to smoke, spark, swell, or emit an unusual odor, move away and call 911Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>. . .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 A Fresno family woke up to a scary situation after a lithium-ion battery charging&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":392387,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-392386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392386","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=392386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392386\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/392387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=392386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=392386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}