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California fire crews use SIX THOUSAND gallons of water to extinguish burning Tesla Model S whose battery spontaneously combusted while driving down busy freeway
FOR DAILYMAIL.COM ^ | 29 January 2023 | VANESSA SERNA

Posted on 01/30/2023 4:00:32 AM PST by dennisw

Tesla caught on fire while the driver was on Highway 50 in Rancho Cordova Fire officials said that nothing was wrong with the car before it combusted

Firefighters used 6,000 gallons of water to extinguish a Tesla Model S that spontaneously burst into flames on a busy highway outside of Sacramento on Saturday.

The driver, who was not injured, was on Highway 50 in Rancho Cordova at around 3pm when smoke started to come out from the front of the car.

Photos of the luxury car showed the vehicle completely totaled with the front end of completely burnt.

Officials responded to the scene with two fire engines and a water tender. The Metro Fire of Sacramento crew said that nothing was previously wrong with car.

The horrific blaze wasn't the first Tesla S fire that Metro Fire of Sacramento officials had to extinguish.

A white Tesla model burst into flames in a Rancho Cordova wrecking yard in June after the car had spent weeks sitting there after a collision.

Firefighters arrived at the wrecking yard to find the Tesla fully engulfed in flames. Each time the firefighters attempted to extinguish the flames, the Tesla's battery would reignite the fire.

The fire department posted an Instagram video of the ordeal, saying that even when firefighters moved the Tesla onto its side to spray the battery directly, the car would burst into flames again 'due to the residual heat.'

Eventually, the firefighters dug a pit near the Tesla and moved the burning car into it and then filled the pit with water, 'effectively submerging the battery compartment.'

The technique worked, and the fire department was able to put out the fire with no injuries and 4,500 gallons of water used - about the same amount of water used for a building fire.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: automotive; batteries; california; ev; evfires; fire; fires; lithium; tesla
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To: technically right

“Wonder what the insurance companies think about this?”

Insurance has got to sky rocket for EV’s as well as limitations on where they can be parked, etc. This will not sit well with the lefties and they will likely mandate be law that insurance premium costs be averaged out so that ICE vehicle owners pay their “fair” share.

Our electricity company has no solar or wind BS production equipment. However our rates have skyrocketed because of this averaging BS, or so a company rep told me.

The goal of socialism is to spread the misery, and that practice is in high gear no matter where we look.


41 posted on 01/30/2023 7:02:37 AM PST by redfreedom (You can vote your way into socialism, but you may have to shoot your way out.)
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To: dennisw

The evidence is in EV cars cause climate change.


42 posted on 01/30/2023 7:06:09 AM PST by Vaduz (LAWYERS )
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To: dangus

Liquid nitrogen, lots of it. Would be a spectacular display of fire fighting, but be sure to bring your air packs.


43 posted on 01/30/2023 7:09:31 AM PST by Max in Utah (A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.)
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To: dennisw
bring in a concrete mix truck

Lol the prescribed emergency response for fag tesla fires is the Chernobyl sarcophagus treatment.

Source Photo: shown above A firefighter is about to extinguish another EV fire. People are beginning to ask if it's too much.

44 posted on 01/30/2023 8:21:00 AM PST by conservativeimage (The world is not dark. The future is not bleak. Tomorrow will be a good day.)
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To: dennisw; All
"California fire crews use SIX THOUSAND gallons of water to extinguish burning Tesla Model S whose battery spontaneously combusted while driving down busy freeway"

Added to the list which is not intended to be complete.

EVs need to be pioneered and "domesticated" imo.

In the meanwhile, beware of Democratic "one size fits all" remedies to what are probably government-manufactures crises imo.

In other words, I wouldn't be surprised if elite Democrats are working in cahoots with corrupt CEOs to force consumers to by profitable junk science remedies for government-manufactured crises.

45 posted on 01/30/2023 9:28:00 AM PST by Amendment10
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To: dennisw
Looks like fire departments are going to need a new type of equipment...an excavator painted red...


46 posted on 01/30/2023 9:40:44 AM PST by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: conservativeimage

“Lol the prescribed emergency response for fag tesla fires is the Chernobyl sarcophagus treatment.”

You get it! Dump a ton of concrete on the flamer and a ton of sand. Bury it! It worked in Chernobyl.


47 posted on 01/30/2023 10:05:32 AM PST by dennisw ("You don't have to like it. You just have to do it")
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To: moovova

48 posted on 01/30/2023 10:27:39 AM PST by conservativeimage (The world is not dark. The future is not bleak. Tomorrow will be a good day.)
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To: conservativeimage

That’s absolutely clever...the car one..not the one boinking the guy. LOL. The car actually moved when it was hit by the water.


49 posted on 01/30/2023 10:52:57 AM PST by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: dennisw

The best way to deal with it is get a bull dozer and dump a couple loads of dirt on it.

Or just let it burn, then use the bull dozier to pick up the blob.


50 posted on 01/30/2023 2:18:25 PM PST by Neverlift (When someone says "you just can't make this stuff up" odds are good, somebody did.)
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To: moovova

The car was absolutely crushed by the water but that still wouldn’t be enough to put out the battery fire. My point is the whole thing is just absurd.


51 posted on 01/30/2023 2:40:41 PM PST by conservativeimage (The world is not dark. The future is not bleak. Tomorrow will be a good day.)
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To: conservativeimage
"My point is the whole thing is just absurd."

I agree wholeheartedly. Others are waking up...

Norwegian Ferry Company Bans Electrified Vehicles From Being Transported on Its Ships

52 posted on 01/30/2023 4:20:33 PM PST by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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