Fire Damages Home After Hoverboard Explodes While Charging

Jessica Horne can’t believe that the hoverboard her son couldn’t wait to get-- could have killed him. Now she blames the toy for a fire that destroyed her home. Just five days before Thanksgiving, Jessica’s 12-year-old son opened the box containing one of this year’s most sought-after items. It was a hoverboard, one of the futuristic skateboards that are powered by lithium batteries, allowing riders to move without effort, steering with their feet. Although Jessica had heard of injuries caused by people falling off hoverboards, she says she had never heard that a hoverboard might catch fire.