North Carolina (WRAL) — Video shared with WRAL News shows the moment a lithium-ion battery caught fire inside a home, feet away from a dog.

The dog, Colton, set off the fire after chewing on a battery-powered device.

His owner, David Sasser, a firefighter for the Chapel Hill Fire Department, said he received an alert from his security system about the fire.

“[My] heart sank. I had no idea what was going on. I had no clue what it could possibly be and came home to find that the rug had burned up,” he said.

Sasser said his family wasn’t home when it happened, but they were nearby and responded quickly.

“Thankfully, it pretty much fizzled out because of the rug and because we were home so quickly,” he said. “[The rug] was the only thing we lost.”

WRAL has reported on the dangers of lith

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