Lithium battery possibly started Boise State fire, official says

BOISE – Officials say a lithium battery might have started a fire that partially destroyed a modular office building at Boise State University over the weekend.

State Fire Marshal Knute Sandahl told the Idaho Statesman in a story on Monday that investigators are closely looking at the recharging of a lithium battery.

The fire on Saturday destroyed part of an office building and damaged equipment that’s part of the school’s robotics lab.

Sandahl didn’t have a damage estimate but predicted it would be in the tens of thousands of dollars.

There were no reports of injuries.