On the popular social media app TikTok, teenagers are sharing videos of school-issued Chromebooks spewing smoke in what's being called the "Chromebook challenge."

A 15-year-old student is facing charges after a laptop caught fire outside a classroom in what police suspect was part of a social media challenge trending on TikTok.

What began as a viral TikTok trend has escalated into school evacuations, hospital visits, and arrests across multiple states, as students continue to ignite their laptops in the name of internet fame.

The challenge involves sticking a piece of metal like a paperclip, graphite or push pin in the USB port of their school issued laptop in order to cause sparks and possibly set it on fire.

The Chromebook may have caught on fire after a student tried the viral TikTok “Chromebook challenge,” according to dispatches from the school resource officer. The challenge involves students jamming small objects, like paper clips and pencils ...

The “Chromebook challenge” involves using objects such as push pins, staples, paper clips, metallic gum wrappers and graphite, found in pencil lead. They are inserted into USB or charging ports, under keyboard keys, or near the batteries to deliberately short-circuit the devices.