Hoverboards are becoming increasingly popular, but there’s a problem with some of the products--they blow up.
Officials in both the United States and United Kingdom are warning consumers after a number of incidents in the countries.
The National Association of State Fire Marshals issued an advisory noting that the explosions are “not a unique occurrence.”
“The sheer number of incidents occurring around the country, and abroad, is what prompted our organization to address this serious issue on a national level,” H. Butch Browning Jr., the president of the group, said in a statement.
And the U.K.’s National Trading Standards seized more than 15,000 hoverboards after finding them a major safety risk.
The organization said an alarming 88 percent of the hoverboards inspected had an increased rick of “overheating, exploding, or catching fire” because of faulty plugs.
