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A Tesla Cybertruck burst into flames after crashing into a fire hydrant outside a Bass Pro Shop in Harlingen, Texas — and getting doused in copious amounts of water, igniting the battery., first responders were optimistic that they had successfully battled the flames, only for the fire to resume after they stopped to spray the truck's battery with even more water.
Over the years, first responders have found out the hard way that it takes far more water to put out an EV fire. In 2021, Austin Fire Department division chief Thayer Smiththat Tesla vehicles may take up to 30,000 to 40,000 gallons of water — roughly 40 times as much as is needed to put out a combustion engine car.
And with more EVs being produced than ever before, those kinds of incidents can be devastating. A lithium-ion battery fire is still extremely dangerous. In 2019, the family of a Tesla Model S owner, who died after being trapped inside his burning Model S,While it's still unclear if anybody was hurt during the latest fire, we've already come across incidents involving the Cybertruck that didn't end well.
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