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What would cause this fire weeks after an accident?

Tesla Model S catches fire three weeks after getting sent to junkyard
www.autoblog.com/2022/06/21/tesla-model-s-fire-junkyard-vide…
In what sounds like the automotive equivalent of The Walking Dead, a Tesla Model S caught fire three weeks after it was involved in an accident and sent to a junkyard. Firefighters had a difficult time putting out the blaze, and they ended up having to submerge the battery.

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Sounds to me like the battery wasn’t discharged.

Junkyards routinely drain fluids (including gasoline) from junked ICE cars - otherwise we would presumably routinely hear about explosions/fires

Kind of sounds like the industry standard/disposal regulations for EVs hasn’t caught up in terms of safely dissipating the large amount of stored (potential) energy on board.

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