Five cars destroyed at Sydney Airport after battery from luxury electric vehicle ignites
ByOlivia Ireland
September 12, 2023 — 4.48pm
Five cars have been destroyed at Sydney Airport after a battery from a luxury electric car burst into flames.
About 8.30pm on Monday, firefighters were called to a parking lot on Airport Drive in Mascot after flames engulfed a luxury electric car before spreading to another four vehicles.
A recently detached battery from a car that had been stored in the parking lot was “quickly identified as having sparked the blaze”, Fire and Rescue NSW said.
Fire and Rescue NSW and Aviation Rescue Firefighting Service extinguished the fire that night.
Experts from the Fire Investigation and Research Unit are continuing to piece together the circumstances of the incident.
Research officers from Fire and Rescue’s Safety of Alternative and Renewable Energy Technologies team have also been at the scene.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/five-cars-destroyed-at-sydney-airport-after-battery-from-luxury-electric-vehicle-ignites-20230912-p5e43h.html
