Electric cars burn less often than gas cars, but when they do, the fires are tough to extinguish. Danish firefighters used a clever solution Monday in Nørrebro.

Firefighters dunked the smoking Tesla in water. Why are electric car fires so tough to put out?

The photo shows the firefighting container in action on Amager, where a small electric car caught fire in 2023. Foto: Danske Beredskaber
The photo shows the firefighting container in action on Amager, where a small electric car caught fire in 2023. Foto: Danske Beredskaber
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Monday afternoon, a several-meter-high column of white smoke suddenly emerged from the trunk of a Tesla parked near Nørrebro Station in Copenhagen.

The car’s battery started overheating, and the Copenhagen Fire Department cordoned off the area until a truck with a specially built water-filled container arrived.

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