Watch: Tesla Model S bursts into flames
The battery pack of a Tesla Model S burst into flames in Los Angeles on the weekend, and was captured by actress Mary McCormack.
The West Wing actress shared a video of her husband’s Tesla on fire while in traffic, the Associated Press reported.
McCormack said in an accompanying tweet Friday (June 15) that there was “no accident” and the incident was “out of the blue.”
“@Tesla This is what happened to my husband and his car today. No accident, out of the blue, in traffic on Santa Monica Blvd. Thank you to the kind couple who flagged him down and told him to pull over. And thank God my three little girls weren’t in the car with him.”
Tesla said it would investigate the incident, calling it “an extraordinarily unusual occurrence”.
The log entry cited a possible faulty battery.
@Tesla This is what happened to my husband and his car today. No accident,out of the blue, in traffic on Santa Monica Blvd. Thank you to the kind couple who flagged him down and told him to pull over. And thank god my three little girls weren’t in the car with him pic.twitter.com/O4tPs5ftVo
— Mary McCormack (@marycmccormack) June 16, 2018
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