Tesla catches fire and burns to ashes at a supercharging station in Pennsylvania
The Tesla car caught fire at a Tesla charging station in Sheetz, located at 1415 South Market Street, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. Although multiples companies and the Upper Allen Fire Department responded to the incident, the car was burnt to scrap.
The detailed report on this incident was posted by the Upper Allen Fire Department on its Facebook page. As of the time of writing this article, the cause of this fire has not been revealed to the general public.
The fire department shut down the street while combating the fire as it made use of a fire hydrant on the opposite side of the road. The fire department stayed on the scene for about 5 hours as the feared reignition might occur.
Judging based on the comments on the post, many of the locals don't like electric cars. Many people are critical of electric cars even though Tesla published a report few months back claiming its cars catch fire 9 times less than the US average for every billion miles driven.
The following institutions were on the scene according to the Upper Allen Fire Department.
- Upper Allen Fire Department
- Upper Allen Police
- Mechanicsburg Fire Department
- Lisburn Fire Company
- TEAM 200
- Camp Hill Fire Company
- Shiremanstown Fire Company
- Hampden Township Fire Department
- Penn State Life Lion EMS
While the chances of car fire is low, it is important to take preventive and corrective measures against it. This Kidde Multi Purpose Fire Extinguisher is available on Amazon.com for $24.99.
