BOSTON (CBS) — A fire that broke out in a North End apartment was caused by a hoverboard, according to the fire department.

Flames broke out in a bedroom on the third floor of the Hanover Street building around 9 p.m. Sunday.

“Witnesses in the apartment told the investigators that they head a pop and then when they came into the room, the hoverboard was on fire and it extended to the walls,” said Boston Fire spokesman Steve MacDonald.

Neighbors awoke to a dangerous scene.

“We heard a loud pop, bang, or something, and then we heard someone screaming out here so I opened the door to go down the stairs to see what was happening and I saw smoking coming up there,” a man who lives in the building told WBZ. “I grabbed my two kids and we all ran out of here.”

Everyone inside escaped safely. But, damage was estimated at $100,000 and people living in three apartments were forced out of their homes.

From last nights hoverboard fire at 406 Hanover St. North End pic.twitter.com/LwI75kmUcK — Boston Fire Dept. (@BostonFire) May 9, 2016

Hoverboards have been known to cause fires when their lithium batteries overheat and catch fire.

In January, Emerson College banned them from their campus. In February, a hoverboard caught fire in a Chelmsford home.

Cleanup underway in N End after hoverboard catches fire in 3rd floor condo. Upstairs neighbor ran out w/kids. #wbz. pic.twitter.com/Nz8lm6Z88Y — Ken Tucci (@KenTucci) May 9, 2016

The restoration company boarded up the apartment where the fire broke out.

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