A lithium battery is suspected of causing a fire at a Mulvane casino.

 

 The fire occurred Thursday night around 10pm at the Kansas Star Casino in Mulvane. A security guard at the casino called 9-1-1 after seeing smoke coming out of an office area in the building. The casino was evacuated but the fire was quickly extinguished by the building's sprinkler system. Most of the damage to the building was due to the water.

 

A portable radio with a lithium battery was found sitting on an office chair where the fire is suspected of starting. Mulvane Fire Chief Lowell Ester said the materials the office chair was made from contained enough combustible material that it ignited when the radio battery got too hot.

 

No one was injured in the fire.