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Like this, Tesla electric car fires are following one after another.
Last night (9th), a fire broke out in a Tesla vehicle that had a traffic accident in Sejong City, and citizens nearby rescued the driver from the flames.
This content was covered by TJB Reporter Lee Soo-bok.
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The Tesla electric vehicle, which was running at high speed, crashed into the center divider and collided with an oncoming SUV.
After a while, it flashes and fires up.
This is the scene of the accident.
Burnt car wrecks and electric car batteries are strewn about here.
Four citizens who discovered the accident while passing by immediately jumped into the flames in a hurry.
He then broke the window with a stick and pulled the driver in his 30s out of the fire.
As soon as the driver was rescued, the car explosion sound was loud enough to be heard.
[Accident witness: (immediately after rescue) It exploded in earnest.
If I didn't take it out before the explosion, I can't be sure (life or death) from looking at it.]
The driver, who was engulfed in the fire and almost lost his life, suffered second-degree burns on both legs and a broken ankle, but his life was not affected.
Citizens cut their hands on the glass and suffered burns during the rescue process, but disappeared suddenly after confirming that the driver was safe.
In the case of a fire in an electric vehicle, a thermal runaway phenomenon that rises to 800 degrees Celsius occurs in the lithium-ion battery, and the flame spreads quickly, requiring a quick rescue.
[In Se-jin/Professor, Department of Fire Safety, Woosong University: In case of an electric vehicle fire, it is better to try
to save lives at the beginning because the heat runaway of the battery spreads faster than a general fire due to the thermal runaway phenomenon.]
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(Video coverage: Choi Woon-ki TJB)