A look at Sacramento Metro Fire's specialized training for electric vehicle fires
Firefighters say responding to an electric vehicle fire poses unique challenges not seen with gas-powered vehicles.
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Firefighters say responding to an electric vehicle fire poses unique challenges not seen with gas-powered vehicles.
A vehicle fire on the westbound Bay Bridge shut down lanes of I-80 heading into San Francisco for about an hour late Tuesday morning, according to CHP.
A car was nearly fully engulfed by flames at a Sacramento business complex parking lot early Tuesday morning.
They happen all the time, but a car fire in Rancho Cordova is getting some extra attention after fire crews had to improvise. That's because this was no ordinary car fire. It was a Tesla.
Roseville fire crews knocked down a house fire, car fire, and brush fire on Sunday, said Roseville Firefighters Local 1592.
Fire crews responded to a fire coming from a truck in the Stanford Ranch area, said Rocklin Firefighters.
Sunday morning fire crews responded to an electric car fire on westbound Highway 80 in Davis, said the City Of Davis Fire Department.
A vehicle fire that happened Sunday morning kept fire crews busy, said the Yuba City Fire Department.
Crews responded to a vehicle fire in the area of Stanford Ranch and Fairway Drive in Rocklin on Friday.
Turlock police said video evidence suggests the burned man was in the backseat of the vehicle as it was engulfed in flames. In the middle of those flames, someone rushed in through fire and even explosions to pull a person to safety.
A school bus that caught fire while dropping off children after school has been extinguished and the children removed safely, said the El Dorado Hills Fire Department.
A good Samaritan saved a woman's life with his quick thinking along I-80 near Roseville.
A motor home that caught fire in North Highlands has caused at least one person to be injured, said Sacramento Metro Fire.
Early Saturday morning, crews responded to a car and structure fire in North Highlands, said Sacramento Metro Fire.
Cosumnes firefighters responded to a rollover accident involving two vehicles on I-5 at Lambert Road in the early morning hours.
A driver was killed in a fatal car crash in Gold River where they collided with a tree causing a vehicle fire, said the Sacramento Metro Fire Department.
Highway 4 was closed for most of the day just west of Copperopolis when firefighters discovered a body inside a burning car.
Three days after the crash, a mother found her son's heroes.
A woman was in the driver's seat with her two grandchildren buckled in the back, when the driver next to her noticed flames shooting out from underneath her car and knew he needed to do something.
A wildfire that roared with little warning into a Northern California city claimed two lives as thousands of people scrambled to escape before the walls of flames descended from forested hills onto their neighborhoods, leaving at least 500 structures destroyed in its wake, officials said Friday.
A group heading to San Jose International Airport pulled a man from a burning car after it was hit by a truck on northbound Interstate 880 in Milpitas.
A car caught fire outside a South Sacramento duplex, forcing eight people out of their homes.
GM is telling customers to park the SUVs outdoors because they could catch fire when left unattended.