Railcar of Model Ys? burns

[iwannam3]

A bunch of Y's up in smoke and molten aluminum. Expect to see the shorters all over this since there hasn't been any recent fires. Would a bullet in a battery pack ignite the pack?
Tesla Train Fire in North Platte, NE : TeslaLounge

Photos
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_atMdifPsd2BN6X7Y-Bw-NNFPx65YNHi/view?usp=sharing

 

[pilotSteve]

WOWZER!

 

[FrankTUTB]

I bet my car was on there.

 

[Watts 4 Me]

They are still within spec.

 

[iwannam3]

North Platte Fire Dept. gives details behind train car fire at Bailey Yard

 

[Watts_Up]

Railcar of Model Ys? burns

Yes definitively a Model Y, but there was also some Model 3:

The wheel is from a Model Y 19" Gemini:

The Model S 19" are almost similar but the spokes have a wider separation (and there is a spring suspension on the back of the picture):

But there was also some Model 3

Here is a Model 3 Aero 18" wheel

 

[CyberShy]

This is a most unfortunate incident.

 

[TomServo]

A friend is scheduled to take delivery of his PMY this Wed here in STL......

 

[TLLMRRJ]

A bunch of Y's up in smoke and molten aluminum. Expect to see the shorters all over this since there hasn't been any recent fires. Would a bullet in a battery pack ignite the pack?

As mentioned in the comments, each battery has a fuse that is supposed to stop the battery going up in smoke if some of the batteries are damaged.

The comment in the article about the Tesla people saying their final goodbyes to the world as they bravely went into meet their death by electrocution was a bit funny.

You would think that someone that works for Tesla would have a clue about electricity, so if they were worried that the batteries were "charging" the whole railcar, you would think they would know to run a ground wire from the car to a stake in the ground (like everyone's house has for grounding) before getting in the rail car. I guess they skipped all their electrical engineering classes.

 

[dsb411]

I see the fire thought those Aero and Gemini covers were ugly too.

 

[jayely1]

Suppose to take delivery in IL Wednesday...

 

[Chasis]

this is nuts! imagine it's on a boat going overseas...

 

[jayely1]

A friend is scheduled to take delivery of his PMY this Wed here in STL......

Me too in Bloomington IL...

 

[MP3Mike]

Suppose to take delivery in IL Wednesday...

You realize the fire was more than 2 weeks ago right?

 

[jayely1]

Oh no I did not, glad to hear it though

 

[Gwgan]

Two week old news. Good point about safety following such an incident.
Any updates?
Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the 2019-2020 Investors' Roundtable

 

[wmself]

Wonder if it had to do with a battery system on one of the MYs?