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A fire broke out in a Tesla electric vehicle that was left at a service center for repair.
No one was injured, but it was difficult to put out the fire as a thermal runaway phenomenon occurred, in which the temperature inside the battery rose rapidly.
This is Reporter Baekwoon.
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Red flames burn as if to devour the car.
Firefighters try to spray water, but the flames are not easily extinguished.
Yesterday (7th) at around 6pm, a Model X electric vehicle that was stored at the Tesla Service Center in Seongdong-gu, Seoul caught fire.
No one was injured, but 27 firefighting equipment, including pump cars, were mobilized and poured water for two hours before extinguishing the flames.
The fire authorities said that the owner of the vehicle visited the service center when the vehicle's inspection light came on and the ignition turned off at around 5:00 pm, an hour before the fire broke out, and reported it to the fire department in preparation for an unexpected fire.
The flame was first witnessed at the bottom of the vehicle, followed by a 'thermal runaway phenomenon' in which the internal temperature of the battery rises rapidly, the fire authorities believe.
[Kim Pil-soo/Professor, Department of Future Automotive, Daelim University: A phenomenon like 'thermal runaway' occurs, and the parts that exceed 1,000 ℃ at 700 ~ 800 ℃ proceed quickly (for fire suppression) at least 2-3 hours to 7-8 hours , and up to 100 times the amount of water used (used.)]
Previously, at dawn on the 26th of last month, an electric van that was being charged in Gangbuk-gu, Seoul caught fire, and about 20 residents were evacuated urgently, and it took eight and a half hours to extinguish the fire.
Experts emphasize that it is important to evacuate quickly rather than trying to extinguish the fire yourself, as the fire spreads quickly in the case of electric cars.
(Video editing: Kim Yoon-seong, Screen provided: Seongdong Fire Station, Seoul)