A charging hoverboard is being blamed as the cause of a fire that took the life of a 3 year old and critically wounded two other children.

"The building was essentially fully engulfed in fire and we had multiple victims that we were in the process of rescuing," fire chief Brian Enterline told a press conference.

The house, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was fully engulfed when fire fighters arrived. According to news reports, the family said it was aware of "sizzling and crackling" in the hoverboard, and shortly thereafter, it exploded into flames.

Hoverboards have been considered unsafe for some time. Many fires have been started due to defective batteries. A Tennessee family sued Amazon last year when a hoverboard caused a fire that consumed their home.

Airlines have banned them from flights. And in 2016, a recall by the US Consumer Product Safety Commission targeted 10 different manufacturers which led to a recall of hundreds of thousands of the boards.

Enterline told ABC News that hoverboards are "notorious for starting fires."

Source: CNET