▲ Scene of the Tesla Service Center fire in Seongdong-gu, Seoul. Taken on 7. /Provided by Joto Fire Station
On the 7th of this month, a fire broke out in a Model X parked at the Tesla Service Center in Seongsu-dong, Seongdong-gu, Seoul, and half of the body disappeared. After receiving the report, the fire department dispatched 65 firefighters and 27 fire engines, but it took 2 hours and 48 minutes for the fire to go out completely. It seems that the digestion work was extremely difficult due to the battery anomaly called “thermal runaway”.
Since the car’s owner was at the scene of the fire at the time, a real-life image of the fire was posted on the Tesla owners’ Internet message board.
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▲ Scene of the Tesla Service Center fire in Seongdong-gu, Seoul. Taken on 7. /Provided by Joto Fire Station
On the 7th of this month, a fire broke out in a Model X parked at the Tesla Service Center in Seongsu-dong, Seongdong-gu, Seoul, and half of the body disappeared. After receiving the report, the fire department dispatched 65 firefighters and 27 fire engines, but it took 2 hours and 48 minutes for the fire to go out completely. It seems that the digestion work was extremely difficult due to the battery anomaly called “thermal runaway”.
The car’s owner, who was at the scene of the fire at the time, posted a real-time update of the fire on an online bulletin board for Tesla owners. The owner said: “The firefighters were unable to open the hood in front of the car and asked to call an engineer. But the service center is closed on weekends, so we had no choice but to call a wagon.” tools to move the car.” He pointed out problems like
At around 1:30 pm, the car in which the fire started was traveling in Namyangju, Gyeonggi Province, when the “low power” and “unable to drive” messages suddenly came on and the engine stalled. The owner called the tow truck directly through the insurance company and arrived at the Seongsu-dong service center around 4:18 pm. However, the service center doesn’t operate on public holidays, so there were no attendants or workers. . At 16:50 the sound of boiling water could be heard in and outside the car, and around 16:57 sparks started flying from under the car. Immediately afterwards, the first metallic sound of an explosion was heard and the owner himself called 119 at 17:02. A second explosion was heard shortly after the police and firefighters arrived at 5.20pm.
The firefighters dispatched struggled to respond. Unlike ordinary internal combustion cars, the Tesla is very difficult to open the trunk (hood) without the car battery inside. The network shows how to open the hood, such as “Open the wheel arch trim inside the front wheel and pull the cord” and “Open the door next to the fresh air vent and pull the cord.” But a firefighter who has never driven a Tesla can’t follow the manual in an emergency situation where a car catches fire. Firefighters called Tesla engineers and requested a tow truck to move the car away from the building. He also tried to break the window glass to put out the fire. Firefighters lowered the car’s temperature and the scene appeared to calm down for a while, but at around 5.55pm the entire car was engulfed in raging flames with the sound of a third explosion.
There are rumors among Tesla owners like “How do I get into a car that won’t fix the ignition problem?” there is There is only one wired telephone line to contact Tesla in South Korea, and the same number must be used in case of an emergency. When this newspaper tried to interview Tesla by phone on the 8th, an interview was refused, saying, “Tesla Korea does not correspond to the media.”
Reporter Lee Seoul-bi
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