This Tesla Model S Burnt To The Ground While Charging

While this Tesla Model S was being charged, something went badly wrong, causing the car to burn to the ground. Firefighters had to use special foam to put the flames out...

This empty shell is all that remains of a 2014 Tesla Model S after it burnt to the ground while being charged in Norway. The cause of the fire is currently unknown, but is being investigated.

The incident happened when the owner of the Model S plugged it in and left it for charging. On returning a short time later, the car was engulfed in flames. Firefighters had to use a special foam to combat the flames and to make the lithium batteries safe.

Luckily, nobody was injured.

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Anonymous

It hurts so much. Do you think Tesla will blame their car or their baterries? I don’t think so.

01/01/2016 - 20:44 |
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Ben Anderson 1

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

They make both.

01/01/2016 - 22:54 |
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Tyler baker

‘Luckily, nobody was injured’. Tesla was injured );

01/01/2016 - 20:45 |
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Their money is getting a beating. But hopefully, that doesn’t happen again.

01/01/2016 - 22:15 |
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kgga

One of the many reasons I don’t like electric cars…

01/01/2016 - 20:49 |
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llP VeIoclty

In reply to by kgga

haha yeah, next CarThrottle post: ‘’5 Reasons why Tesla Model S isn’t so electrifying”

01/01/2016 - 21:09 |
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djpark13

In reply to by kgga

You can’t come to conclusion that the car caused the fire. According to your thinking gt3’s are bad cars

01/01/2016 - 21:35 |
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R9Z6001

In reply to by kgga

Because internal combustion engines never caught fire :P

01/01/2016 - 21:55 |
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ECOTEC

It’s not Tesla’s fault :((((((((((((((((((((( It’s the umm, the uhh, yeah the wind blew too hard

01/01/2016 - 20:52 |
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TurboToddler (Straight-five)

So, in some way Teslas do have internal combustion…

01/01/2016 - 20:54 |
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You mean External combustion…. hue hue hue

01/01/2016 - 21:18 |
108 | 0

That comment is on fire

01/01/2016 - 21:57 |
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At least spontaneous combustion.

01/02/2016 - 00:00 |
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LeloCro

Looks really hot
goes into a corner

01/01/2016 - 20:56 |
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Mitchell

That was a really hot fire

01/01/2016 - 21:08 |
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Still

“Special Foam”

01/01/2016 - 21:14 |
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Sudip Suresh

In reply to by Still

Also known as a fire extinguishers

01/01/2016 - 21:22 |
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Scortio670

In reply to by Still

Get your mind out of the gutter! ;)

01/01/2016 - 21:44 |
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Potetkatonen

In reply to by Still

According to the newspost, it says that they can’t use water to extinguish electric cars becuase of the lithium batteries, so they have to use some kind of special foam, and that made the extuingishing very hard because they’re not used electric car fires in that part of Norway. Atleast that’s how i understood it and tried my best to translate :)

01/01/2016 - 23:18 |
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Anonymous

How much for those wheels?

01/01/2016 - 21:25 |
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Adrian Rivero

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

There’s always this guy

01/01/2016 - 21:44 |
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InjunS2K

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

LOL, I do this every time I see a post about someone who crashed their AE86 on the forums XD

01/01/2016 - 21:56 |
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Anonymous

Surprised to see this here!

01/01/2016 - 21:28 |
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