Home Video Captures The Moment A Hoverboard Explodes And Catches On Fire Inside Home

LEHI, Utah – Armed with only an oven mitt, a Utah mom raced around her family room and kitchen, trying to smother several fires caused by an exploding hoverboard ride-on toy.

“They just started shooting out like fireworks,” Tamilisa Miner said about the hoverboard’s batteries.

It was just before 8:30 a.m. Thursday when her son alerted her to an issue with his hoverboard that was charging in the entryway.

The family purchased the used hoverboard two weeks ago. The previous owner told them it was about a year old, according to Miner.

“I came over and it was billowing, just billowing this electrical smoke,” Miner said.

With two of her young children next to her and her husband upstairs with their toddler, Miner jumped into action to protect her family.

She grabbed an oven mitt to try to move the hoverboard, but within seconds, the smoke grew more intense. She told her kids to get out and picked up her phone to call 911.

The family’s security camera captured the scary moments as seconds later, the hoverboard exploded, just as their eight-year-old son was running in front of it. Luckily, he wasn’t injured.

“Just the panic to see flames in your house,” Miner said of the experience.

Batteries from the hoverboard then flew across the room and started other small fires.

“It was burning all the way from the inside,” Miner said while examining the burnt hole in an upholstered chair. “It was like smoldering inside.”

UPDATED: JUNE 21, 2021 AT 8:41 PM
LEHI, Utah – Armed with only an oven mitt, a Utah mom raced around her family room and kitchen, trying to smother several fires caused by an exploding hoverboard ride-on toy.

“They just started shooting out like fireworks,” Tamilisa Miner said about the hoverboard’s batteries.

It was just before 8:30 a.m. Thursday when her son alerted her to an issue with his hoverboard that was charging in the entryway.

“He said, ‘Mom, there’s something wrong with my hoverboard,’” Miner said.



The family purchased the used hoverboard two weeks ago. The previous owner told them it was about a year old, according to Miner.

“I came over and it was billowing, just billowing this electrical smoke,” Miner said.

With two of her young children next to her and her husband upstairs with their toddler, Miner jumped into action to protect her family.

She grabbed an oven mitt to try to move the hoverboard, but within seconds, the smoke grew more intense. She told her kids to get out and picked up her phone to call 911.

The family’s security camera captured the scary moments as seconds later, the hoverboard exploded, just as their eight-year-old son was running in front of it. Luckily, he wasn’t injured.

“Just the panic to see flames in your house,” Miner said of the experience.

Batteries from the hoverboard then flew across the room and started other small fires.

Her husband rushed downstairs and the two of them used fire extinguishers to put out the fires.