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Electric car parked in Mass. driveway spontaneously bursts into flames

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'If this vehicle had been parked in a garage the results could have been disastrous.'

An electric vehicle that was parked outside of a home in Wareham, Massachusetts, burst into flames early Saturday morning.

Firefighters responded to a home on in the Great Hill Estates around 4:15a.m. and found the car in the driveway engulfed in flames. According to the Wareham Fire Department, crews put out the initial fire, but 30 minutes later, the fire flared up again.Get New England news, weather forecasts and entertainment stories to your inbox.

"If this vehicle had been parked in a garage the results could have been disastrous," Incident Commander Chief John Kelley said in a written statement."Electric vehicle fires are difficult to fight and present unique challenges."This article tagged under:

 

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