@independent: This is the moment a dog sparks a fire at his home after chewing through a lithium battery. Chapel Hill Fire Department have released footage of dog Colton getting hold of the battery while his owners were out of the house. A fire service spokesman said: “Thankfully, he wasn't injured, and other than some smoke damage and a ruined rug, the house is fine.” Originally published in October 2025.

Paviro :

Ofc they just stand there, like call 911 how hard can it be

Jason.s🇬🇧🇬🇧 :

shout out to modern fire resistant materials in the rug,40 yrs ago that would've gone Up in flames

@Nash3179 :

why didn't the dog use the extinguisher.

Jan :

Why are batteries available for him to chew on omg absolutely abhorrent and irresponsible

Law4Ever:p :

did the dog survive????

captain hook :

i swear dogs are not human bro💔

Pat :

bros like. oh no... that don't look good

Cook_With_Me_ :

He didn’t make it out unfortunately

jellybean🐳🍪 :

my dumbass started blowing on my phone😭😭😭

Arii❄️☃️ :

Poor dog 😢

Techytoklmao :

those smoke alarms went off hella fast

pippa ❤︎ :

He’s just stood there like

Erin Edwards :

We don’t leave children in the house unattended for this exact reason. Why do we leave animals unattended home alone knowing they have a mental age of a child?

Here we go 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 :

Shouldn’t have left the battery lying about

ssya💚🐥 :

wtf, if you leave your dog alone at least make sure those kind of thing are out of their reach💀💀

Madra :

thank goodness he was ok...couldve been a tragedy

Alex Youra :

didn't you ever teach him? stop drop and roll?

Britishduck :

Me blowing my screen

Clare 💜 :

Glad the dog and cat ok, must of been scary for them

Roseloveshorsesduh :

and this is why we don't leave wires out

Yasmin :

At least he had the sense to run!

Guest 2024 🦋 :

Dog starts or the humans who left it there?

Mel :

The cat rapidly fleeing the scene of the crime

౨ৎ𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒚🦢໒꒱ིྀ :

what was it that lit

nordicsmith :