Photos: Lithium-ion battery catches fire, burns chair in Florida condo, officials say

A lithium-ion battery overheated and caught fire inside a condo in New Smyrna Beach, burned a chair, and forced some residents to be evacuated, according to the New Smyrna Beach Fire Department. Photos: Lithium-ion battery catches fire, burns chairAt 8:45 p.m. on October 14th, crews responded to a structure fire that started from a charging lithium battery igniting on a chair at Diamond Head Condos, according to a news release from the New Smyrna Beach Fire Department.Crews from New Smyrna Beach Fire Department, Volusia County Fire Rescue, Edgewater Fire Rescue, and Port Orange Fire Rescue responded to the fire.New Smyrna Beach Fire Department said that when crews arrived, the building's fire sprinkler system had already been activated. Once crews got to the unit, they found heavy smoke. A second alarm was called shortly after, and they found the chair where the fire started and put it out. The fire stayed in the unit.The smoke and heavy water from the sprinkler system caused most of t