The logic behind why hoverboards are exploding is actually pretty straightforward. Like most rechargeable electronics, hoverboards use lithium-ion batteries. In an effort to keep production costs down ...

One by one, first responders pulled three people--a man and two young girls--from the smoke and the flames that lit up the night sky over uptown Harrisburg on Friday. Grainy camera phone video ...

The infamous two-wheeled motorized scooters colloquially known as “hoverboards” are still proving dangerous almost a decade after their peak. The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission has ...

An exploding hoverboard has prompted a mom in Utah to warn others of the importance of having a fire extinguisher. Tamilisa Miner, from Lehi, Utah, posted a video on Facebook showing the moment her ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- A second child has died from a fire in Pennsylvania that fire officials blamed on an exploding hoverboard, a coroner said Thursday. The deaths — if definitively linked to the ...

It’s that terrifying moment when a hoverboard catches on fire inside a house. As the children run for their lives, the hoverboard explodes into flames. Batteries fly in all directions, but ...

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The U.S. Department of Transportation issued a safety alert for the transportation of hoverboards containing lithium batteries that are at risk to heat up, catch fire or explode if improperly handled.