Video shows electric wheelchair bursting into flames after lithium battery explodes in Hollywood; homeowner speaks out

HOLLYWOOD, FLA. (WSVN) – A homeowner is speaking out after video captured an electric wheelchair bursting into flames in the driveway of a home in Hollywood.

“I was still kind of asleep, and the Ring [camera] will show, I brought it out pretty slowly, I was kind of looking at it like, imminent danger?” said Alexandra Anaya, the homeowner. “And eight seconds was what separated me from me and my face getting torched, or my house being burnt down with my sister in it.”

She woke up just after 6 a.m. and took the wheelchair outside after hearing a clicking sound from the lithium battery of the wheelchair, which was hot…

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