”Fire extinguishers are useless”: 49 firefighters deployed to Tesla electric car fire in South Korea

Recently, an electric car fire occurred in an apartment building in Cheongna, Incheon, South Korea, and interest in electric cars has increased.
According to the Gyeonggi Fire and Disaster Headquarters on the 17th, the fire broke out in a Tesla electric car parked in a parking lot in Gyeonggi Province at around 7:40 pm the previous day.
Smoke and flames came out from underneath a Tesla electric car parked on a road in Giheung-gu. The vehicle in question was not charging, but it is believed the fire started due to the battery overheating.
On social networking sites and online, videos and eyewitness accounts were shared showing smoke coming out before the fire broke out. The owner of the car tried to put out the fire with a fire extinguisher first, but
However, the fire did not die down, but rather spread. Mr. A, who watched the video, said, "I watched from the moment smoke came out of the Tesla to the end, and it caught fire in an instant." He added, "The owner of the car...
"They had been using fire extinguishers since the smoke first appeared, but it didn't seem to help," the report said. The vehicle was quickly engulfed in flames, and fire authorities received more than 20 related calls.
Firefighting authorities rushed to the scene, deploying 49 firefighters and over 40 vehicles, including fire engines, and set up smothering fire covers and portable fire water tanks to extinguish the fire.
The fire was successfully extinguished at around 11:53 p.m., four hours after it started, and no casualties were reported.
Fire authorities are currently investigating the exact cause of the fire. Meanwhile, the South Korean government has announced that it will issue a notice to the public after the electric car fire at an apartment building in Incheon.
According to the battery manufacturer's disclosure documents submitted by Tesla to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport on the same day, Tesla's Model 3 and Model Y have
The cars are equipped with batteries from LG Energy Solutions, Panasonic of Japan, and CATL of China. Panasonic batteries are known to be used in the Model X and Model S.
Tesla said it has minimized the risk of fires in electric vehicles through its world-class battery management system (BMS), and has been working on the issue for 2022.
It added that by 2018, there was approximately one vehicle fire every 130 million miles traveled.