<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A home south-east of </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/perth" rel="" target="" title="Perth"><span>Perth</span></a><span> turned into a furnace, swallowed by flames in minutes. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It happened in Forrestfield at about 3.30am today, while a couple, their 12-month-old baby and two dogs all slept inside. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The family escaped the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/fire" rel="" target="" title="blaze"><span>blaze</span></a><span> with only seconds to spare as neighbours raced to help.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/videos/national/police-and-athletes-brave-winter-chill-for-the-polar-plunge/cmdk5gbb800130hlbmi8eelk3"><strong><span>Police and athletes brave winter chill for the polar plunge</span></strong></a><strong><span> </span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A 38-year-old man was taken to hospital, struggling to breathe. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The house was beyond saving and it's believed a lithium-ion battery on a power tool is to blame. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The house is 100 per cent damaged, so its inhabitable," investigator Darryl Krammer said. </span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/forrestfield-fire-family-narrowly-escape-house-fire-sparked-by-lithium-ion-battery/27f95f34-0193-477a-a933-abdb96421b14" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>This is the 107th house fire caused by lithium-ion batteries so far this year. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It's a growing concern, with four of them happening across the state in the past 48 hours.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/videos/national/paramedic-becomes-patient-after-alleged-attack-on-the-job/cmdk03wt0000w0gn6jddkzs19"><strong><span>Paramedic becomes patient after alleged attack on the job</span></strong></a><strong><span> </span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"These are only the ones we know about, that we are being called to," Krammer said, suggesting there could be more. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It is a forever increasing risk to the community." </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Lithium-ion powers devices like portable chargers, electric vehicles, mobile phones, digital cameras, even vacuum cleaners. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The advice is to charge the items like power tools outside your home and install a smoke alarm in your garage. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple App Store</span></em></strong></a><span> </span><strong><em><span>and</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Google Play</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>.</span></em></strong></div></div>