Tesla Model S Catches Fire On California Freeway, Needs 6,000 Gallons Of Water To Extinguish | Carscoops carscoops
A Sacramento fire crew blasted a Tesla Model S with 6,000 gallons of water to extinguish a fire after the EV caught alight on a freeway.
The city’s Metro Fire Department said the car’s owner had noticed nothing unusual in the car’s behavior or performance prior to the fire starting on Highway 50 at 4.p.m. on January 29., but fire crews had a major job on their hands getting the fire in the battery compartment under control. The California Highway Patrol wad forced to close two lanes of the road, but recorded in its log 19 minutes after the incident started that putting the flames out was proving tricky.
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