firefighters call Tesla for advice on how to put out battery fire , pour on water for 4 hrs

[Demovictory9]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9484391/Two-die-Tesla-auto-pilot-no-one-driving-crashes-tree.html

two men died after a Tesla 'on autopilot with no one driving' crashed into a tree in Houston before starting a huge fire that took 32,000 gallons of water to extinguish.

The fully-electric 2019 Tesla Model S slammed into the tree in Carlton Woods at around 11.25pm on Saturday night before bursting into flames with the passengers still inside.

Harris County Precinct 4 Constable Mark Herman said an investigation had found that 'no one was driving' when the accident happened, with one man sitting in the passenger seat at the front and the second sitting in the back.

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Fire fighters used 32,000 gallons of water over four hours to try to put out the flames because the car's batteries kept reigniting.

At one point, deputies had to call Tesla to ask them how to put out a fire in the battery.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

1. If tesla cars were the norm

I hate to think of the fires that they'd cause.

Better find a different battery than that horror show.

I'd hate to see what would happen if a tesla crashed on a backwoods road during the dry season.

They'd never find it.
And the woods would surely burn.

Tesla you are fucking stupid to use reigniting car batteries..

[Hortensis]

2. Some reengineering needed? Updated firefighting techniques for sure.

The point about fires in an era of extreme wildfire danger is a big one.