Junked Tesla spontaneously bursts into flames

[Jumpthesnark]

A Tesla Model S was in a junkyard for weeks, then it spontaneously burst into flames, and it took about the same amount of water to extinguish as a building fire, according to a Sacramento Fire Department spokesman. They needed to dig a pit, push the car into it and fill the hole with water.

𝐒𝐀𝐂𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐎 𝐌𝐄𝐓𝐑𝐎 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐄 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐓 on Instagram: "Last week, Metro Fire crews responded to our first Tesla vehicle fire. The vehicle was involved in an accident 3 weeks ago, sustained major damage, and was parked in a wrecking yard for dismantling. The

353 likes, 10 comments - metrofireofsacramento on June 13, 2022: "Last week, Metro Fire crews responded to our first Tesla vehicle fire. The vehicle was involved in an accident 3 weeks ago, sustained major damage, and was parked in a wrecking yard for dismantling. The vehicle was fully...

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A Tesla was in a junkyard for three weeks. Then it burst into flames.

A fire department says it required an hour of manpower and 4,500 gallons of water to put out a Tesla battery fire.

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[icanhazmac]

Makes sense, article says it was severely damaged in an accident so obviously junkyards will need to have some new procedures for EVs. Battery packs should probably be removed immediately or have some kind of method of minimizing the fire hazards.

 

[jav6454]

If the battery packs were damaged, it was a question of when not if. More so if the batteries were at above 70% charge.

 

[AlaskaMoose]

In some places there are measures in place, and firefighters are training to combat EV and other lithium fires. This is type of fire is considered a "metal fire." In this case the the vehicle didn't catch fire during or immediately after the accident, so nobody knew that the battery was damage to the point of self ignition. More than likely some junkyard businesses won't accept EVs in their grounds because of the added expense of having a team of technicians dealing with EV batteries.