Posted on 08/06/2024 3:07:03 PM PDT by McGruff
A driver in the Mexican border city of Tijuana apparently had the bright idea of connecting his Tesla to an illegal electricity hookup connected directly to a powerline.
Not only did the Tesla eventually burst into flames, the blaze was so hot it set a neighboring house on fire.
Rafael Carrillo, Tijuana's fire chief, said Tuesday that electric car fires are a problem for the city's firefighters. He said the partially charred hulk of the Tesla might take a couple of days to burn out completely and probably couldn't be moved until then. He said firefighters built dirt berms around the car to keep it covered in water.
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😂😂🤣🤣
I’m stealing that.
How does someone in TJ afford a Tesla??
Gringo tourists.
At the college where I worked, we were about to tear down an old house that for years had been used for student housing. That is when we discovered the electrical circuit used for the washer and dryer did not go through the transformer box but went directly to the appliances from the pole.
“Mexicans named Cheech and Chong”
Tommy Chong is Canadian Scots-Irish (m) and Chinese (f).
Cheech Marin is of Mexican descent.
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