FRANKLIN, Tenn. (WKRN) — A Franklin family is picking up the pieces after a fire ripped through their home Thursday night, killing two animals and causing serious damage to the structure.
Williamson County Fire/Rescue said crews were sent to reports of a house fire in the 5500 block of Rathkeale Lane in the Abington Ridge subdivision just after 8 p.m. on Thursday, April 25.
The first Williamson County deputies to arrive at the scene reportedly saw heavy flames jumping through the roof, but they quickly discovered the occupants were able to escape the home.
According to investigators, the fire began in the front room of the house after a lithium ion battery — which was plugged in to charge a radio controlled car — exploded.
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“The homeowners were upstairs, they heard a loud pop, went downstairs, and in that front room, they found where they had been plugging in a remote control car with a lithium battery, it had caught fire,” Dinah Wade, the public information officer for Williamson County Fire/Rescue, said.