Dashwood Volunteer Fire Department Chief Nick Acciavatti said the battery, for an airsoft gun, was not charging when it self-detonated
The chief of a volunteer fire department near Qualicum Beach is stressing the importance of smoke alarms and home fire extinguishers after “a very close call” last weekend when a lithium battery in his house self-detonated and exploded.
Acciavatti said the lithium battery was purchased last week for an airsoft gun, and had been removed from the gun after its charge ran out.“The battery was NOT charging and NOT plugged into anything,” Acciavatti said. “The subsequent fire caught some clothes on fire in the closet, and if it went unnoticed it would have extended further into the closet and undoubtedly caught the bedroom on fire.
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