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A police officer used a squad car to push a burning vehicle away from a nearby gas station.
December 31, emergency services minnesota Responding to a report of a Humboldt electric vehicle fire. The car was parked next to the pump while the driver was inside the store.
Dashcam footage shows a Brooklyn Center police officer using his own vehicle to push a burning car away from a fuel pump, averting a potential disaster.
The fire department then used about 30,000 gallons of water and took more than two hours to extinguish the fire. They explained that because the batteries take some time to cool, electrical fires take longer to extinguish.