A Florida woman narrowly avoided a violent death after buying a second-hand wheelchair at a thrift store that exploded in a huge fireball outside her home. Alexandra Anaya, from Hollywood, heard a clicking sound coming from the electric mobility device on Sunday morning, according to Hollywood Fire Rescue and Beach Safety. Fearing something was terribly wrong, Anaya pushed the lithium battery-powered chair she'd bought for a relative out onto the driveway of her home, NBC Miami reported.
Shortly before the wheelchair detonated, the woman had been charging it with a non-manufacturer charger, 'which can overload or overheat a battery.'
Hollywood Fire Rescue and Beach Safety said that Anaya saved 'her house and her family from catastrophe' by choosing not to ignore the suspicious clicking sounds that had started coming from the wheelchair.
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