Sac Metro Firefighters experience first Tesla car fire

Sacramento Metropolitan firefighters encountered their first experience with a Tesla car fire. According to a post on its Twitter page, Sac Metro Fire said the vehicle was involved in a collision 3 weeks ago and was parked in a wrecking yard when it caught fire this week.

Crews poured water on the fire but the batteries kept reigniting the fire. A small pit was dug and the car was placed in the pit filled with water, and the flames were extinguished

Crews arrived to our first Tesla fire. It was involved in an accident 3 wks ago, and was parked in a wrecking yard. Crews knocked the fire down but it kept reigniting/off-gassing in the battery compartment. Crews created a pit, placed the car inside, and filled the pit with water pic.twitter.com/Lz5b5770lO

— Metro Fire of Sacramento (@metrofirepio) June 12, 2022

Photos below from Sac Metro Fire