Mach-E on fire

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Interior fire, doubt they’ll find the cause, will only be able to theorise due to extent of damage.

Listen to all those ICE-men driving past saying “oooooooh, another EV battery fire” ?

Just like I heard one say the other day “my mate got an EV, got locked out because his key didn’t work, pah, those EVs aren’t that good”. Had to remind him it’s the same key technology that’s fitted to ICE cars, you IDIOT?
 


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How can anyone conclusively say what is on fire and what's not based on a clipped video from far away?

I see some people on reddit saying it's a battery fire based on the "popping", and others saying it's not because of other reasons.

I am no expert, but it looks like everyone got out okay which is the real important part
 

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How can anyone conclusively say what is on fire and what's not based on a clipped video from far away?

I see some people on reddit saying it's a battery fire based on the "popping", and others saying it's not because of other reasons.

I am no expert, but it looks like everyone got out okay which is the real important part
Call them up and ask for us.
 

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Call them up and ask for us.
Call who up? OP? Dude was riding a mountain bike on a trail. Didn't see anything happen, just clipped and posted a video from a mile away.

Could be a battery fire, could be some insurance fraud... let's hope it's the latter
 

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How can anyone conclusively say what is on fire and what's not based on a clipped video from far away?

I see some people on reddit saying it's a battery fire based on the "popping", and others saying it's not because of other reasons.

I am no expert, but it looks like everyone got out okay which is the real important part
I doubt anybody can conclusively say.

Popping likely to be the airbags deploying as they do in an internal fire and as you see hazards start and then stop, or tyres popping. Electric windows also probably operated. The burn pattern’s all wrong for something starting at battery level, see the view after the fire’s out.
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