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Firefighters attending Tesla blaze had to use “forty times more water”

Published 18 August 2021
By David Mullen
Due to the battery’s lithium-ion cells, firefighters in Austin needed 40,000 litres of water to put out a Tesla on fire.
California Highway Patrol rescue unconscious man from burning car

Video: Man rescued from burning car in California

A Lexus driver is currently being treated in hospital, after being rescued from his burning car by bystanders and the California Highway Patrol.
Published 03 August 2018
Video: Hero dad pulls son from burning racing car

Video: Hero dad pulls son from burning car

A racing driver was saved by his dad after getting trapped in his burning car at the South Boston Speedway track, Virginia.
Published 25 June 2018
Hero cop drags man from burning car

Video: Hero cop drags man from burning car

A New Jersey State Police Trooper was praised on Tuesday for rescuing a man from a burning car after the victim crashed.
Published 21 June 2018