WiFi router ‘with connection issues sets home on fire’

A homeowner claims that her WiFi router had connection issues and then overheated and burned the inside of her home.

Keona Huntley took to TikTok to share footage of the charred insides of her Florida house.

Her bedroom, where the Internet box was, completely destroyed and had some mattress spring coils and ceiling insulation scattered around. A window was burned through.

‘We literally lost everything today,’ said Huntley in the post.

‘My bathroom is over there; it doesn’t even look like a bathroom.’

Huntley blames Quantum Fiber Wi-Fi, which manufactured the box. She claimed that a technician with the company had gone to her home multiple times to check the router for connectivity problems.

A technician continued to stop by even after the box was replaced a couple months before the fire due to continued issues.

Investigators told Realtor.com that the cause of the blaze was still to be determined.

Meanwhile, Huntley lamented that she did not have renters insurance, and therefore no way to be compensated for all her lost personal items.

‘Our family’s world was turned upside down when we lost our home to a devastating fire,’ wrote Huntley in a GoFundMe page.

‘In a matter of moments, the place where we built memories, shared laughter, and found comfort was reduced to ashes.’

Huntley said on TikTok that her children, nieces and nephews had no place to go home to. She has started clearing the debris from her property, while looking to secure temporary housing and rebuild and replace items.

‘I have three kids, our home is destroyed, it is gone,’ she said.

‘But we are getting it together.’

As of Thursday evening, the GoFundMe page had raised more than $4,400.

The incident happened a few months after a lithium-ion battery pack ignited after being chewed by a dog and started a house fire in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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