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Sahwa@reddthat.com to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 hours ago

Dog starts house fire by chewing portable phone battery, officials say

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Dog starts house fire by chewing portable phone battery, officials say

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Sahwa@reddthat.com to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 hours ago
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A dog in Tulsa, Oklahoma, started a house fire after biting into a lithium-ion battery, fire officials said.
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  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.social
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    The dog has been arrested for arson.

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    The important bit:

    the pets escaped through a dog door and were not harmed

    • don@lemmy.ca
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      Excellent work, carry on.

    • Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      Thank fuck

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    Arfsonist

  • Senator Collins@aussie.zone
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    Yeah, that’s not very typical. I’d like to make that point.

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      Well hows that untypical?

      • Senator Collins@aussie.zone
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        Well, there are a lot of these dogs chewing things around the world all the time, and very seldom does anything like this happen. I just don’t want people thinking that pets aren’t safe.

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          My only thought was that the pet owners are idiots

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            My cat exclusively choose USB cables, other cables are not tasty apparently. Is difficult to plan for everything.

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          But maybe lithium batteries aren’t safe…

          • boobs@lemmy.world
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            It’s a reference to a famous funny video. Even the guys username is from it

            https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3m5qxZm_JqM

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    keep portable charging devices out of pets’ reach

    Realistically, I suspect that a smartphone battery is enough to start a fire. I doubt that there is any chance that every dog owner is going to keep smartphones out of pet reach.

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    Is there a mirror to this video?

    • TheRealKuni@piefed.social
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      Ask and ye shall receive!

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    Apparently mice used to do this with old matches, before the invention of safety matches.

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