Image Credit: Twitter, @metrofirepio 
A Tesla Model S spontaneously went up in flames in California over the weekend, with firefighters reportedly requiring roughly 6,000 gallons of water to put out the electric vehicle blaze.
Sacramento area firefighters documented the incident happened while the vehicle “was traveling freeway speeds” Saturday.
Crews arrived to a Tesla Model S engulfed in flames, nothing unusual prior. 2 Fire Engines, a water tender, and a ladder truck were requested to assist. Crews used jacks to access the underside to extinguish and cool the battery. Thousands of gallons were used in extinguishment. pic.twitter.com/5dIXxo9hP5
— Metro Fire of Sacramento (@metrofirepio) January 29, 2023
“Crews arrived to a Tesla Model S engulfed in flames, nothing unusual prior,” the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District tweeted. “2 Fire Engines, a water tender, and a ladder truck were requested to assist. Crews used jacks to access the underside to extinguish and cool the battery. Thousands of gallons were used in extinguishment.”
Photos and video showed the fire completely destroyed the front end of the EV.
The vehicle battery compartment spontaneously caught fire while it was traveling freeway speeds on EB Hwy 50. The fire was extinguished with approx 6,000 gallons of water, as the battery cells continued to combust. Thankfully no injuries were reported. pic.twitter.com/PRmlWzQdXS
— Metro Fire of Sacramento (@metrofirepio) January 29, 2023
The Sacramento Metro fire department explained:
“The vehicle battery compartment spontaneously caught fire while it was traveling freeway speeds on EB Hwy 50. The fire was extinguished with approx 6,000 gallons of water, as the battery cells continued to combust. Thankfully no injuries were reported.”
The fire department additionally provided advice from Tesla for firefighters battling EV fires, in which first responders are warned, “When fire is involved, consider the entire vehicle energized and DO NOT TOUCH any part of the vehicle.”
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— Metro Fire of Sacramento (@metrofirepio) January 30, 2023
Firefighters in Florida had the same issue after a Tesla Model S spontaneously combusted following flooding from Hurricane Ian last October.
The incidents come as a firefighter just last November ranted about how difficult EV fires are to extinguish, reporting while normal car fires burn at 1,500 degrees F°, “Electric car fires are burning upwards of 5,000 degrees and can take up to 40,000 gallons of water to put out.”
“We’re literally fighting against fires that can’t be put out,” the YouTuber explained.
EV fires are so difficult to battle companies are developing new ways to combat the blazes, with one solution – the Rosenbauer Battery Extinguishing System Technology (BEST) – using a compressed air tool to penetrate the vehicles’ high-voltage lithium-ion battery cells before flushing them with water to control temperatures.
While potential fire dangers exist, consumers should also be aware of the toxic rare-earth minerals required to build EV batteries, and the coal-fired power plants necessary to produce the energy required to charge EVs, defeating the purpose of the supposedly “green,” “clean energy” vehicles.
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