A button battery inside a children's book caused a car seat to catch fire, according to a North Carolina fire department.
The Burke County Fire Department, George Hildebran Fire & Rescue, shared photos of the charred car seat and interior of the minivan and an image of the children's book in question in a Facebook post on Monday, saying the vehicle arson occurred on Sunday.
"A child's car seat caught fire shortly after they exited the vehicle to enter the store," the department wrote in the post. "Once the fire was extinguished, the Fire Chief's Office was called. It was determined that a 'button cell battery' inside a children's book left in the car under the seat caused the fire."
The children's book in question is "JJ's Potty Time," a board book featuring a character from the popular YouTube series CoComelon. The book also has an interactive sound component with battery-powered buttons that make sounds when pressed.
Investigators said they suspect a button battery inside the children's book, which was placed between the child seat and the car seat, overheated, causing the fire.
Some button batteries contain lithium, a flammable metal, but in a statement to ABC News, Cottage Door Press, the publisher of "JJ's Potty Time," said their books are not made with lithium button batteries.
“Our children’s e-books, which have sold millions of units without incident, use alkaline batteries, not lithium-ion batteries as reported,” Cottage Door Press said. “We are relieved that no one was injured and are working closely with local officials and experts to confirm the cause of this incident.”
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