{"id":386155,"date":"2026-08-31T14:42:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T14:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/386155\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T14:42:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T14:42:08","slug":"2-people-dog-safe-after-garage-fire-sparks-from-lithium-ion-battery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/386155\/","title":{"rendered":"2 people, dog safe after garage fire sparks from lithium-ion battery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JENSEN BEACH, Fla. \u2014 Two people and a dog are safe Monday morning after a garage fire in Jensen Beach that firefighters believe was caused by a charging lithium-ion battery.<\/p>\n<p>Martin County Fire Rescue and Stuart Fire Rescue crews responded to the 2700 block of Northeast Cypress Lane just after 6:30 a.m., where they found heavy smoke coming from a garage.<\/p>\n<p>The homeowner told firefighters they had been charging a lithium-ion battery in the garage when the fire started. Firefighters extinguished the fire before it could spread to other structures.<\/p>\n<p>Lithium-ion batteries are commonly found in smartphones, laptops, e-bikes, scooters, and many other electronic devices. While generally safe when used properly, they can pose fire risks if damaged, overcharged, or exposed to extreme temperatures.<\/p>\n<p>The <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfpa.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">National Fire Prevention Association<\/a> provides additional safety guidelines for lithium-ion battery use on their website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JENSEN BEACH, Fla. \u2014 Two people and a dog are safe Monday morning after a garage fire in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":386156,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[36141,16887,57681,154756,171,173,172,154757],"class_list":["post-386155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-fire-safety","tag-jensen-beach","tag-lithium-battery-fire","tag-martin-county-fire","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news","tag-stuart-fire"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386155","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=386155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386155\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/386156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}