Lightning caught fire in Canada

[Basis0439]

This popped up on my news feed. Doesn't look good for the Lightning...

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[TaxmanHog]

Please share the local news reports once they're filed !!

 

[potato]

No details

Electric vehicle explosion causes 'significant' traffic delays in Abbotsford

 

[Timeless Epoch]

Ignore the commentary, just providing a video I came across.

 

[potato]

Looks like the smoke is coming from the frunk initially. That's what I thought from the first photo too. I wonder if it was cargo that caught fire. Will be very interested to hear the post mortem.

Facebook comments are very predictable.

If it was the battery, I kind of hope it was a truck covered by the recent battery recall. Maybe that will light a fire under Ford (pun intended) to get a remedy figured out.

 

[flyct]

A “little“ more info. They were able to put the fire out quickly with fire blankets and water.

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/05/31/abbotsford-parking-lot-fire-reports-of-ev-exploding/

 

[Danface]

Looks like this:

https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/video-shows-car-burst-into-flames-in-downtown-chicago/3752435/

Without details, it's just another car fire.

 

[Lightningwaiter]

This popped up on my news feed. Doesn't look good for the Lightning...

Wow. This is not far from me. I wonder if I will see something in the local news that would be useful.

 

[chl]

A fire from the Frunk area would to me indicate a 12V battery starting a fire due to a short somewhere, or cargo that caught fire.

Ford had some bad ignition circuits a few years ago in some ICE Ranger MYs that caused Fires - burned down a house near a family member's house in GA when it was parked in the garage and not running.

If they put it out quickly, unlikely it was a Li battery fire - they generally burn a long time no matter what you do.

The burn marks at the rear wheel well could be from a LV electrical fire spreading down a wiring harness from the 12V battery area.

 

[Kev12345]

This should boost sluggish sales!

 

[Danface]

I bet the early adopters for automobiles faced the same problem. I can hear it now "My horse never caught on fire"

 

[Basis0439]

A fire from the Frunk area would to me indicate a 12V battery starting a fire due to a short somewhere, or cargo that caught fire.

Ford had some bad ignition circuits a few years ago in some ICE Ranger MYs that caused Fires - burned down a house near a family member's house in GA when it was parked in the garage and not running.

If they put it out quickly, unlikely it was a Li battery fire - they generally burn a long time no matter what you do.

The burn marks at the rear wheel well could be from a LV electrical fire spreading down a wiring harness from the 12V battery area.

I do not believe that it was extinguished quickly. In follow-up, I understand that the vehicle was only able to be moved approximately 24-hours after the fire started, due to heat.

 

[Grumpy2]

https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...ehicle-fire-in-abbotsford-costco-parking-lot/

In Costco parking lot, video shows HVB fire.

 

[jetfixr1]

It would be curious to see if this truck was affected by the electrode misalignment.

 

[chl]

I do not believe that it was extinguished quickly. In follow-up, I understand that the vehicle was only able to be moved approximately 24-hours after the fire started, due to heat.

Oh well, that's bad news.

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