Bomba Malaysia confirms Tesla fire incident in Puchong


Seven firefighters from the Puchong Fire and Rescue Station were deployed to the scene and found that 70 per cent of the Tesla Model Y had been engulfed by the flame. ― SoyaCincau pic

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 17 ― A Testla electric vehicle was confirmed involved in a fire incident last night. Several footage of the incident made their way online last night but the official acknowledgement only came this morning.

According to the official report, around 8.32 pm the department received a call regarding the fire incident. Several firefighters from the Puchong Fire and Rescue Station were deployed to the scene and found that 70 per cent of the Tesla Model Y had been engulfed by the flame.

Although the official report did not mention about how long the firefighters managed to pull out the fire completely, the investigation about the factor of causing the fire whether is high-voltage battery on the Tesla still being carried out.

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