{"id":241291,"date":"2026-04-22T03:27:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T03:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/241291\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T03:27:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T03:27:08","slug":"watch-florida-homeowner-avoids-disaster-by-moving-electric-wheelchair-moments-before-it-burst-into-flames","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/241291\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Florida homeowner avoids disaster by moving electric wheelchair moments before it burst into flames"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After hearing clicking and hissing, Alexandra Anaya moved the wheelchair to her driveway where it burst into flames. <\/p>\n<p>HOLLYWOOD, Florida \u2014 An electric wheelchair burst into flames outside a Florida home Sunday, and no one was hurt thanks to a homeowner&#8217;s quick-thinking.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Alexandra Anaya said she heard a clicking noise coming from the wheelchair, which she got at a thrift store, as it charged.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She realized the wheelchair was hot to the touch, unplugged it and took it into her driveway where it wasn&#8217;t near anything flammable. Within minutes, it sparked and caught fire.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Eight seconds later it exploded into a ball of fire,&#8221; Anaya told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcmiami.com\/news\/local\/ball-of-fire-video-shows-electric-wheelchair-exploding-in-hollywood-driveway\/3798406\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">WTVJ<\/a>. &#8220;I couldn&#8217;t believe it, I really couldn&#8217;t believe it exploded in that manner and with that amount of force, I&#8217;ve never seen anything like it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Her reaction to the sound prompted praise from the Hollywood, Florida fire department.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Instead of ignoring it, she immediately moved it outdoors where it exploded, saving her house and her family from catastrophe, and then called for help and that decision prevented a dangerous lithium battery fire,&#8221; the fire department wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=1201835818539290\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">alongside video of the fire.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The fire department said she was using a &#8220;non\u2011manufacturer charger,&#8221; which likely caused an overload or overheating to the chair.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The department is using the situation to highlight some lithium-ion battery tips:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Immediately stop using a device if you hear clicking, popping or hissing, or see it swelling.Move the device to a non\u2011combustible area (if safe to do so).Use the correct charger for the product: cheap or incompatible chargers can lead to overheating.Check the device&#8217;s battery for excess heat while charging.Never leave charging batteries unattended.Call 911 if you see smoke or significant overheating that could start a fire.                    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After hearing clicking and hissing, Alexandra Anaya moved the wheelchair to her driveway where it burst into flames.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":241292,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-241291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241291\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/241292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}