Horror Autopilot Tesla Crash kills two, 30,000 gallons of water earlier than firefighters gave up – watts with that?
Guest essay by Eric Worrall
A horror Tesla accident in Houston with a Tesla autopilot left two dead. According to firefighters, the high energy batteries kept re-igniting – firefighters attempted to extinguish the battery fire for four hours by pouring 30,000 gallons of water on the fire before giving up and allowing the fire to burn itself out.
The authorities said 2 dead after a fiery accident with a self-driving Tesla
Monday, April 19, 2021, 7:00 a.m.
SPRING, Texas (KTRK) – According to authorities, two people died in a violent crash with a 2019 Tesla Model S and its autopilot functionality while taking a test drive on Saturday night.
The flames reportedly took hours to extinguish, and Harris County Precinct 4 police officer Mark Herman said the investigation led them to believe that no one was driving the car at the time of the accident.
The crash occurred shortly after 9 p.m. at Hammock Dunes Place in the Carlton Woods Creekside subdivision. The victims are said to have been 59- and 69-year-old men, but police have not yet released their names.
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The batteries on board the Tesla continued to ignite despite efforts to extinguish the flames, authorities said. According to reports, it took about four hours and more than 30,000 gallons of water before the firefighters decided to let the fire burn out on its own.
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Read more: https://abc13.com/2-killed-in-fiery-tesla-crash-that-took-4-hours-to-extinguish/10525148/
It is currently unclear what caused the crash, although investigators have stated that they believe no one was driving at the time of the crash. It is also not clear what the cause of death was.
Given the duration and intensity of the fire, I estimate that the only detailed data available may be the autopilot uploaded to the Tesla mothership before it was consumed by the fire.
The lithium in Tesla batteries creates a fire that is far more dangerous than a gasoline fire and almost impossible to extinguish. Think twice before parking a Tesla in your garage. If the battery catches fire and firefighters can’t put out the fire, you could lose the house.
Even if your house structure survives the fire, acute exposure to smoke and lithium in and around the house can be a problem – lithium poisoning can lead to long-term dementia such as neurological problems (pyramidal cell dysfunction), as well as problems with speech and muscle weakness .
Let’s just say that when I see a large lithium fire, I don’t intend to hang around and inhale the smoke.
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