It’s Fire Prevention Month and City of Miami Fire Rescue members are shedding light on lithium-ion battery safety.

These batteries can be found in almost everything from our phones, to the light we’re using, to the battery in our cameras, and that is what officials say is part of the danger.

In recent months, a dog was killed after a scooter sparked a fire in Florida City, a yacht caught fire because of a small battery bank in Miami, and a small business went up in flames because of a bike that was charging in West Miami-Dade; all of those fires are believed to be caused by the same thing: lithium-ion batteries.

Robert Suarez, a deputy fire marshal with the City of Miami said what’s making the batteries so desirable is also what makes them so dangerous.

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