![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/urgent-warning-over-popular-electric-car-after-it-suddenly-self-combusted-sending-roaring-flames-into-the-air/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/jr-tesla-car-fire-ilford-north-london.jpg&description=BLAZE FEARS Urgent warning over popular electric car after it suddenly 'self-combusted' sending roaring flames into the air AN urgent warning has been given to drivers of a popular electric vehicle after it is thought to have 'self-combusted,' sending flames into the air. Eugenio Mereu, 36, watched the electric car blazing and billowing black smoke on the side of the street this morning, leaving him fearful the same could happen to his identical vehicle. 3 The cause of the fire is not clear but the electric car is thought to have 'self-combusted' Credit: SWNS The London resident claimed the blazing car is a Tesla Model Y, which reportedly have a starting price of around £44,990. The cause of the fire has not yet been established and the car may have been stolen. Mr Mereu said the fire was so strong he could hear it crackling from his house before he captured it on camera at 9.26am. He added he couldn't see anything that may have caused the fire, leaving him fearful that his Tesla could meet the same fate. Mr Mereu's car incidentally matches the one that now sits burnt out on the street, it is reportedly the "same car, same colour, same year." Police and three fire engines reportedly attended the scene on residential Perth Road, Ilford, North London. It is not the first time a Tesla has "self-combusted". In January this year, it took 22,000 litres of water to put out a similarly spontaneous fire on a Model S sports car in Sacramento, California. A website called Tesla Fire, documenting Elon Musk's company's flaming track record, claims 204 Tesla fires have been reported in the media. Mr Mereu said: "There was a bit of a commotion and I went outside and it had caught on fire, completely. It looks like it's self-combusted, it literally started a fire on its own. "It hadn't been caused in a crash, it wasn't particularly hot, there wasn't anyone near it, it just self-combusted, catching fire as if there was some sort of malfunction. "It's scary because I've actually got){kind=link}
AN urgent warning has been given to drivers of a popular electric vehicle after it is thought to have “self-combusted,” sending flames into the air.
Eugenio Mereu, 36, watched the electric car blazing and billowing black smoke on the side of the street this morning, leaving him fearful the same could happen to his identical vehicle.
The London resident claimed the blazing car is a Tesla Model Y, which reportedly have a starting price of around £44,990.
The cause of the fire has not yet been established and the car may have been stolen.
Mr Mereu said the fire was so strong he could hear it crackling from his house before he captured it on camera at 9.26am.