A California man said he was lucky to be alive after his Tesla started shaking and caught fire while he was driving., an NBC-affiliated TV channel in Sacramento, California, that he was on his way home on Saturday after running some errands when he felt his electric car shaking.
He stopped as he was about to enter Highway 99, also known as California's main street. He checked for a flat tire, but"the moment that I opened the door, I saw smoke coming from the bottom," Malla told the outlet."I am so lucky to be alive at the moment," Malla told KCRA 3,"and I'm sure glad that my family was not there." He said he has two young children aged 3 and 1.
It isn't clear why Malla's Tesla caught fire. But Robert Kasparian, the fire department battalion chief, told KCRA 3 that the best thing firefighters can do with an electric vehicle fire is to let it burn. "The issue with the electric vehicles is access to the batteries," Kasparian said."The batteries are what are causing the enormous amount of heat buildup."reported another similar incident. The battery compartment of a Tesla Model S spontaneously caught fire while driving on a highway.
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