It took about 50,000 gallons of water in the fight to extinguish a Tesla Semi fire last month that put Interstate 80 in Placer County on a chokehold for more than half a day. That's according to a ...

California firefighters needed to spray 50,000 gallons of water to extinguish a roadside Tesla Semi fire, the US National ...

A crash and large fire along a California freeway involving an electric Tesla Semi has drawn the attention of federal safety ...

Though the semi-truck had veered off the road, the CHP said the crash had created a hazardous materials situation due to the toxic fumes released from the burning ... the NTSB noted they will ...

She also said the truck’s batteries continued to burn for four hours. “The NTSB is investigating this ... zone around the truck fire to keep “toxic” fumes from injuring bystanders and ...

She also said the truck’s batteries continued to burn for four hours. “The NTSB is investigating this event due to ... create a half-mile buffer zone around the truck fire to keep “toxic” fumes from ...

The battery caught fire, spewing toxic fumes and reaching a temperature of 1,000 degrees, forcing firefighters to wait for it to burn out ... that ended in 2021 the NTSB determined that high ...

A BURNING BATTERY FROM A TESLA ELECTRIC BIG RIG THERE BURNING UP. WE HAD TO CLOSE THE HIGHWAY IN BOTH DIRECTIONS TO KEEP THE PUBLIC SAFE FROM DRIVING THROUGH THE TOXIC FUMES. BRINGS BUSINESS ON ...