A hoverboard fire led to a family of four, a mother and her three children, being displaced from their home on Saturday.
The mother purchased the hoverboard earlier in the day and had left it charging in the kitchen for the first time while the family left the residence for about an hour, according to a news release from Tucson Fire Department.
They returned to find the hoverboard charred and the home's interior covered in soot and ash.
Fire personnel determined that the hoverboard had been sitting on a tile surface with no combustible material around it, the release said.
Red Cross assisted the family in finding housing as their home, located in the 3500 block of East Blacklidge Drive, was not safe to stay in, the release said.
