Electric Car Causes Massive Fire in Incheon Damaging Apartment Building and Destroying 40 Cars

Korean authorities better get ready to respond to more of these fires as electric vehicles become more numerous:

An electric Mercedes-Benz sedan had been parked in an underground apartment garage for nearly three days before exploding on its own and catching fire, police officials said Monday.

The mysterious fire gutted the parking lot on the first basement level of an apartment building in Incheon, west of Seoul, and ravaged 40 nearby vehicles last Thursday. About 100 other cars also sustained less serious damage.

More than 20 residents were sent to hospitals for smoke inhalation before the fire was fully extinguished more than eight hours after it started. Heavy smoke made it difficult for firefighters to enter the parking lot. 

Security camera footage showed smoke billowing from the vehicle before it suddenly exploded and burst into flames.

According to police findings, the car’s owner in his 40s parked the vehicle on the evening of last Monday, and it remained untouched until it exploded in the early morning of last Thursday. 

After examining security camera footage, police confirmed that no external shock was inflicted on the vehicle while it was parked during the period.

Yonhap

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Kevin Kim
2 months ago

Same news as before, but now bigger and better!

While I don’t have much sympathy for the EV or its owner, I feel a pang for the all the owners whose cars became collateral damage in the eternal war between ideology and intelligence.

Flyingsword
Flyingsword
2 months ago

Fools and their EVs.

Flyingsword
Flyingsword
2 months ago

EVs need to be banned altogether. In the short term, should not be allowed in any parking structure, especially ones under buildings. Another fire yesterday, fire trucks could not fit in the garage to fight the fire. https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2024-08-06/business/industry/Kia-EV6-catches-fire-in-Geumsan-County-parking-garage/2107075

Korean Man
Korean Man
2 months ago

So what will you guys do when the solid-state batteries that can go over 1000KM + per charge, are fireproof, and fully charged in 5 minutes become available for an affordable price? That’s just around the corner in 2027.

Flyingsword
Flyingsword
2 months ago

KM….sure they are.

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