China made Hoverboard explodes, destroys family home

An American family says their home was destroyed after a new hoverboard — one of the year’s hottest holiday gifts — suddenly exploded and set their house on fire. BuzzFeed reported.

Jessica Horne said she recently bought her 12-year-old son, Hayden, a hoverboard, also known as a self-balancing scooter, from Amazon through a company called Fiturbo.

Hayden was so excited that his mother let him ride the toy the same night he opened it on Nov. 20, according to WGNO.

When the battery in the hoverboard ran low, Hayden plugged it into the charger that came with the product.

“As I walked past his room I saw it began to shoot sparks,” Horne wrote. “Within seconds it was in flames, within minutes the entire room was in flames.”

Horne posted photos after the fire on Facebook and a GoFundMe page was launched to help the family raise funds for a new home and to replace their lost items.

“We lost our home to this horrific incident and all that we own,” Horne wrote on the page.

Horne also said she plans to sue the hoverboard manufacturer.

This incident came after a man in Gulf Shores, Florida, posted a video last week showing a hoverboard in flames, which he also said was purchased from Amazon.

Timothy Cade told WKRG he had only owned the hoverboard for three days before it caught fire.

Although, no deaths have been recorded from the usage of the hoverboards, but 8 injuries have been reported in the last three months related to falling, which sent people to the emergency room.

There have been several recent reports of hoverboards exploding in the United Kingdom.

The London Fire Brigade said some hoverboard versions, which are predominantly made in China, can overheat while charging and catch fire. The Brigade warned against leaving the devices to charge while unattended.

“The crucial thing is that if people are going to buy one they should go through a reputable retailer,” Andy Vaughan-Davies, a fire investigations officer for London fire brigade, told BuzzFeed News.

China made Hoverboard explodes, destroys family home

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