Tesla battery ignites inside garbage truck in Sacramento County

(FOX40.COM) — One man’s trash is another man’s treasure, but for a Tesla battery in Citrus Heights, it was fuel.

The Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District responded to reports of hazardous materials at the intersection of Gardenvine Avenue and Gingerblossom Drive just after 3 p.m. Monday.

Crews at the scene discovered that a Tesla wall battery “caught fire” inside a garbage truck, Sac Metro Fire said…

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