" Interstate 80 through the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California has been shut down after an electric Tesla Semi left the road in the early hours of the morning. The truck’s immense battery pack and the crash site’s remoteness have made the fire difficult to fight, forcing California authorities to keep the arterial highway closed with no estimated reopening time."
“Because the Tesla Semi has a battery pack many times the size of a passenger EV’s, firefighters have no playbook for extinguishing one that’s burning. They currently plan to let the batteries burn themselves out, however long that may take—it could be days. Containing the battery fire‘s spread has also been complicated by the site’s less-developed nature, as the lack of nearby hydrants has forced firefighters to bring in a portable reservoir that is being refilled by tanker trucks.”
