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Sahwa@reddthat.com to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days 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 · 3 days 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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    Well, there are regulations governing the materials they can be made of.

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      Would like to see “dog chews don’t cause it to catch fire” to the regulations requirements

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        Well, I was thinking more about the other ones.

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      What materials?

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        Well, cardboard’s out.

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          And?

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            No cardboard derivatives.

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              Like paper?

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                No paper. No string. No sellotape.

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