VIDEO: Firefighters in Thurston County saved a home early Thursday morning after a fire caused by lithium-ion batteries. Lawrence Witkowski says he and his wife were sound asleep when smoke detectors went off at their home in Lacey. “My wife went out to investigate and saw the smoke kind of swirling in the kitchen and it looked like it was coming from the garage, so she immediately told me we need to go out and call 911,” said Witkowski. The couple and their two dogs safely escaped. Fire crews arrived and had the fire out within minutes -- containing damage to the garage -- where the fire started from batteries charging for a lawnmower and e-bikes. “I didn’t know that lithium batteries were so flammable,” said Witkowski. According to Lacey Fire District 3 Battalion Chief Tim Hulse: “Those batteries can explode and burn at a very hot temperature.”