Tesla battery fire near school scatters debris, Memphis TN
Fire & ArsonRadio reports a Tesla caught fire in front of a school after hitting metal in the road. Firefighters extinguished and cooled the vehicle and are waiting for a tow. Battery parts and debris were scattered for about a block. The school adjusted dismissal and police are helping.
Audio|Source: Memphis Fire Department
02:55
Transcript:
Public command, 100.00[1]. I'm trying to raise the public command. It's 100.00. 1507[2]. Public Command. Go ahead, Popper Command. Go ahead, Popular Command. We're at 100. Bravo. Hey, where you got? Hey, Chief, we've got a Tesla car. It's out. It's, uh, we're currently still cooling it. It did burn trucks. 45 minutes straight with three handlines and a portable portable monitor on it. Once again, we do have it out at this time. We're still keeping it cool. We're waiting on a tow truck to show up. It is right in front of a school. We've worked with the school. We've developed an alternative plan on evacuating our dismissing students. And we've got that plan in place for police support. And all of our people are well taken care of, rehabs. And we're doing decon, scene decon, and once the tow truck gets here, we'll develop a plan to move the car. Okay, was it the batteries or was it the actual just interior of the car? It did get into the battery compartment. The driver ran over a piece of metal in the road, which functioned the battery compartments, and ignited the car. And so it was the battery compartments. We do have pieces of battery strolled for about a block down the street. Division I did contact OEM and EPA said that they are not concerned with any runoff or any parts off of this call. They do not need to be notified. Check. Well, just keep your point. Good job. We both of the lot of times just have to protect exposure and surround and drown. They're just submerging, but we don't really have a way of submerging it right now, but if we need to drink us on, just give you a shout back. Okay, yes, sir, I'm afraid. Take for support. It's not as you're 40. It's fine. 10. Check 11. 1510[3].
Public command, 100.00[1]. I'm trying to raise the public command. It's 100.00. 1507[2]. Public Command. Go ahead, Popper Command. Go ahead, Popular Command. We're at 100. Bravo. Hey, where you got? Hey, Chief, we've got a Tesla car. It's out. It's, uh, we're currently still cooling it. It did burn trucks. 45 minutes straight with three handlines and a portable portable monitor on it. Once again, we do have it out at this time. We're still keeping it cool. We're waiting on a tow truck to show up. It is right in front of a school. We've worked with the school. We've developed an alternative plan on evacuating our dismissing students. And we've got that plan in place for police support. And all of our people are well taken care of, rehabs. And we're doing decon, scene decon, and once the tow truck gets here, we'll develop a plan to move the car. Okay, was it the batteries or was it the actual just interior of the car? It did get into the battery compartment. The driver ran over a piece of metal in the road, which functioned the battery compartments, and ignited the car. And so it was the battery compartments. We do have pieces of battery strolled for about a block down the street. Division I did contact OEM and EPA said that they are not concerned with any runoff or any parts off of this call. They do not need to be notified. Check. Well, just keep your point. Good job. We both of the lot of times just have to protect exposure and surround and drown. They're just submerging, but we don't really have a way of submerging it right now, but if we need to drink us on, just give you a shout back. Okay, yes, sir, I'm afraid. Take for support. It's not as you're 40. It's fine. 10. Check 11. 1510[3].
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
100.00: Public Command (Fire/Incident Command Code)
[2]
1507: Time or Unit Check
[3]
1510: Time or Unit Check
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Location mentioned:
A St, Memphis, TN 38018
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