Family dog rescued after chewing battery-powered heated glove, sparking house fire

Firefighters rescued a canine from a burning location successful Canada connected Saturday greeting aft the household favored accidentally started a occurrence by chewing connected a battery-powered glove, authorities said.

Ottawa Fire Services said crews were dispatched conscionable aft 9 a.m. to a location successful Orléans aft a monitoring institution reported an progressive occurrence alarm.

The homeowner, who was connected the mode to the house, confirmed done interior information cameras that a occurrence was burning inside. Several passing motorists besides called 911 to study flames disposable successful the residence.

Firefighters arrived wrong 4 minutes and recovered dense fume and flames venting from a first-floor bay window. Crews launched an assertive attack, knocking down flames that had breached the model earlier entering the location to proceed extinguishment efforts.

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Fire officials said the canine had chewed connected a heated skiing mitt containing a lithium-ion battery, sparking the fire. (Ottawa Fire Services)

Firefighters searched the location and recovered a dog, carrying it safely outside. The favored was not injured, and nary radical were wrong astatine the clip of the fire, officials said.

The canine was rescued from the location and was unharmed, officials said. (Ottawa Fire Services)

No injuries were reported, but 1 big and 1 kid were displaced, the section said.

Fire officials warned that lithium-ion batteries tin airs superior occurrence risks if damaged. (Ottawa Fire Services)

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Officials declared the occurrence nether power astatine 9:23 a.m., astir 10 minutes aft crews arrived, preventing further spread. Two searches confirmed nary radical were inside.

An Ottawa Fire Services researcher determined the occurrence started aft the household canine chewed connected a heated skiing mitt containing a lithium-ion battery. Security camera footage showed the canine pulling the mitt onto a couch, damaging the battery, which past ignited.

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Fire officials warned that lithium-ion batteries tin airs superior occurrence risks if damaged and urged residents to store battery-powered items safely and support them distant from pets and children.