VIDEO: Home surveillance video from a Tulsa living room shows a dog chewing on a power bank with a lithium-ion battery inside.
Suddenly, there is a flash, and a fire breaks out within minutes, leaving the two dogs and a cat in danger.
"The thing that's important about this situation is how fast you see this fire progress,” said Andy Little with the Tulsa Fire Department. “It begins at the top, those heated gases rise, and then, they slowly lower, and you can actually see the whole apartment darken down and then things start combusting in the house.”
Andy Little with the Tulsa Fire Department said what happened May 1st at that home could happen anywhere, and battery-related fires are more common.
"What we know is that lithium-ion batteries, if their housing is damaged, they're exposed to extreme heat, or they somehow rupture, they can cause toxic gases, they can create fires and even explosions,” said Little.