Local to the Seattle area (Kent. WA)...
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Driver stated that he hit an object in the HOV lane of SR167. The car started to run poorly and he pulled off the freeway. The car started to smoke and caught fire. Non injury
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Batteries Burned In Tesla Model S Fire, Firefighters Say
Weird.
AP story
Tesla claims the fire was caused by a large metallic object that directly hit one of the battery pack's modules.
Apparently no other
gas powered cars caught fire from the "large metallic object" in the HOV lanes . .. which hasn't been found.