Roomba lithium battery fire injures man in Miami Gardens house fire
S4 · 30 Jan 2024 · iRobot · Miami Gardens, FL, USA
Record
| Company | iRobot |
| Industry | Consumer robotics |
| Type(s) | fire |
| Date | 30 Jan 2024 (day precision) |
| Time of day | not documented |
| Location | Miami Gardens, FL, USA |
| Severity | (serious injury, total loss, or grounding) |
| Scale | 1 unit / 1 injury |
| Confidence | medium |
| Verified flag | Yes - independently re-checked against the cited source |
Summary
A Roomba robot vacuum's lithium-ion battery reportedly went into thermal runaway and caught fire in a Miami Gardens home, spreading flames through the living room; a 20-year-old man sleeping in the room was airlifted to hospital. CPSC opened an investigation.
Primary source
Publisher: Local10 (WPLG Miami) · Retrieved: 2026-09-16
Supporting source rows (1)
| Date | Supporting source row | Publisher | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Jan 2024 | Roomba lithium battery fire injures man in Miami Gardens house fire | Local10 (WPLG Miami) | Local10 |
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