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A Tesla vehicle caught fire in Plano, Texas on Friday, local news outlet WFAA reported. The owner told WFAA he heard a hissing sound coming from the battery before it caught alight. He said he had the new battery installed the day before the fire, that took hours to distinguish. AdvertisementAdvertisementA Tesla owner said he heard a hissing sound coming from the battery the day before it caught fire in his garage. The Tesla owner told WFAA he had the new battery installed Thursday at a Tesla dealership in Plano, which is part of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metro area.
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A Tesla Model S "spontaneously caught fire" on a California highway on Saturday. Metro Fire Sacramento said that it took about 6,000 gallons of water to put the fire out. No one was injured in the incident, and the driver was able to safely pull over to the side of the highway, the department said. It took the fire department about 6,000 gallons of water to put out the fire. In 2020, the National Transportation Safety Board said that EV battery fires can represent a risk to first responders, including electric shock and a reignited fire due to the "stranded" energy in a damaged EV battery.
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