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[國際新聞] Priest takes a spin in church, exploding unit burns in mall
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n the four days since 2015's "hottest holiday gift" was unleashed from beneath Christmas trees, at least 70 hoverboard-related emergency room visits were reported in the U.S. alone.
Self-balancing scooters (which don't actually hover above the ground, despite what their most-popular moniker implies) have also been linked to 22 separate fires in 17 states by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's most recent numbers.
Suffice it to say these toys have become well-known at this point for how dangerous they can be — both to our bodies and to our homes.
And yet, hoverboard horror stories continue to roll in by the dozens each day as consumers literally play with fire in the name of fun. Hoverboard explosion leads to fire at Texas shopping mall
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Hundreds of people were reportedly evacuated from a mall in Humble, Texas, on Monday when a hoverboard exploded and caught fire just steps from a kiosk that sold them.
Local firefighters told Houston CBS-affiliate KHOU 11 that the hoverboard was still in its box when the explosion occurred at Deerbrook Mall, and witnesses reported hearing a sound "like a bomb" or "fireworks" at the time of the incident.
A security guard used a fire extinguisher to put out the flames, and nobody was injured according to WPIX-TV.
Some shoppers seemed shaken, however, or at least annoyed by the inconvenience as they shared photos of smoke filling the mall before they were forced to leave. |
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