Published January 31,2023
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A Tesla Model S electrical automobile “spontaneously caught fire” on a Sacramento County freeway within the US state of California final weekend after its battery compartment overheated, authorities mentioned.
The automobile was touring at “freeway speeds” on Saturday afternoon when it burst into flames, the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District mentioned in a tweet.
Before it was ablaze on a roadway, the automobile had no identified mechanical issues, authorities mentioned.
Fire crews used jacks to elevate the white Tesla earlier than spraying the underside of the automobile and its battery.
“The fire was extinguished with [approximately] 6,000 gallons of water, as the battery cells continued to combust,” the fireplace district tweeted.
Photos and video from the fireplace district present black smoke spewing from the Tesla whereas firefighters spray it down on the aspect of the freeway as visitors retains flowing.
No accidents have been reported.
In June, the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District extinguished one other flaming Tesla.
That automobile, which had been concerned in an accident, had been parked in a wrecking yard for 3 weeks earlier than it all of a sudden caught hearth within the yard.
It took firefighters greater than an hour to extinguish the flames, the fireplace district mentioned in a tweet.
Crews saved flattening the flames, however they saved reigniting within the battery compartment, the district mentioned. Eventually, firefighters dug a pit within the wrecking yard, positioned the automobile inside and crammed the pit with water.
According to a 2016 Model S emergency response information by Tesla, battery fires can take as much as 24 hours to completely cool.
“When a fire is involved, consider the entire vehicle energized and DO NOT TOUCH any part of the vehicle,” the information states.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
