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EV Looks Completely Unrecognizable After Catching on Fire, Closing Highway

Your guess is as good as anyone else’s about the make and model that this crumpled pile of slag was in its former life.

According to KELO-TV, fire and emergency medical personnel responded to a small car ablaze on Highway 50 near Vermillion, South Dakota on Thursday. The vehicle was completely engulfed with flames, which then spread into a nearby ditch.

The fire caused one lane of the highway to be closed down for an hour and a half, as firefighters were waiting for the flames — which had reached the high voltage battery — to diminish.

On its Facebook page the Vermillion Fire Department stated that personnel were on the scene for two hours and 17 minutes as the car cooled enough to be removed from the roadway.

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4 thoughts on “EV Looks Completely Unrecognizable After Catching on Fire, Closing Highway”

  1. Correction, the batteries in EVs are not high voltage. They are low voltage, high amperage DC batteries. Firemen and firewomen can spray water or foam on an EV with no fear of of electrocution.

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