{"id":1828341,"date":"2023-01-30T07:50:17","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T12:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1828341"},"modified":"2023-01-30T07:51:09","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T12:51:09","slug":"california-firefighters-use-6000-gallons-of-water-to-put-out-tesla-fire-on-highway-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-firefighters-use-6000-gallons-of-water-to-put-out-tesla-fire-on-highway-50\/","title":{"rendered":"California Firefighters Use 6,000 Gallons of Water to Put Out Tesla Fire on Highway 50"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcalifornia-firefighters-use-6000-gallons-of-water-to-put-out-tesla-fire-on-highway-50%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1828341&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Tesla-California-1200x736-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>On Saturday afternoon, a Tesla Model S burst into flames in a>=&#8221;https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-california&#8221;>California<\/a> Officials said that two lanes on Highway 50 were closed due to the driver&#8217;s negligence.<\/p>\n<p>The electric car was travelling at \u201cfreeway speeds\u201d When it is empty \u201cspontaneously\u201d The Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District declared that the fire had been set. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/metrofirepio\/status\/1619537787270893569\">Follow us on Twitter<\/a>. The incident occurred at 3:41 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters used approximately 6,000 gallons to extinguish the fire as the batteries ran out. \u201ccontinued to combust,\u201d Officials from the fire department confirmed this. To extinguish the flames, they used car jacks.<\/p>\n<p>Photos taken at the scene show severe damage to the car\u2019s front.<\/p>\n<p>According to the fire department, there were no injuries.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration is promoting the production and sale electric vehicles as a key component of his climate change and energy agenda. Electric vehicle battery fires have been receiving increasing national attention. President Joe Biden has made clear that electric vehicles are more cost-effective and environmentally friendly than traditional gasoline-powered vehicles and has pledged to make half of all vehicles sold in the country electric or plug-in hybrids before 2030.<\/p>\n<p>While it\u2019s long been known that all lithium-ion batteries, including those used in cell phones, have the potential to explode or burn, lithium-ion battery fires in electric cars are significantly harder to put out.<\/p>\n<p>A Tesla Model S autopilot collided in Houston with a tree, killing two elderly passengers. This set off a massive fire. Fire officials said that the battery continued to burn despite being extinguished with more than 30,000 gallons water and four hours of work. Tesla was called by firefighters to inquire how they could put out the fire.<\/p>\n<p>Another accident in which a Tesla Model X caught fire at a Texas gas station in Austin in August 2021 saw firefighters using 40 times more water than usual to put out the flames.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNormally a car fire you can put out with 500 to 1,000 gallons of water,\u201d According to Chief ThayerSmith, Austin Fire Department Division <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/climate-change\/tesla-crash-driver-arrested-fire-b1901603.html\">The Independent<\/a>. \u201cBut Tesla\u2019s may take up to 30,000-40,000 gallons of water, maybe even more, to extinguish the battery pack once it starts burning and that was the case here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tesla claims its EVs are safe and reliable. \u201csafest cars in the world\u201d On the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tesla.com\/vehiclesafetyreport\">Safety<\/a> section of its website. According to the U.S. Federal Highway Administration data, gas-powered cars are 11 times more likely than their own cars to catch on fire.<\/p>\n<p>The company uses a particular metric called \u201cmiles driven per vehicle fire,\u201d It was estimated that there was about one Tesla vehicle fire per 210 million mile traveled between 2012 and 2021. Federal data shows that there are approximately one vehicle fire per 19 million miles.<\/p>\n<p>Tesla didn\u2019t respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday afternoon, a Tesla Model S burst into flames in a>=&#8221;https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-california&#8221;>California Officials said that two lanes on Highway 50 were closed due to the driver&#8217;s negligence. The electric car was travelling at \u201cfreeway speeds\u201d When it is empty \u201cspontaneously\u201d The Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District declared that the fire had been set. 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