Electric Mercedes EQE spontaneously ignited and almost burned the whole house (2 photos + 1 video)

The incident took place in the town of Knockati, St. John's County. Florida. Mercedes EQE replacement electric car borrowed from the dealer 350+ 2023 caught fire while in the garage. He was not connected to the charging station due to its absence.





The electric car was temporarily loaned to Jennifer Ruotolo while she the car was in a car dealership for service, according to News4Jax. According to the woman, EQE spent less than a day in the garage while she was At work. Around 8:30 a.m., there was a hiss from the garage, followed by a pop, and soon the flames that engulfed the electric car engulfed the annex with everything contents and then spread to the attic of the house.

There was no charging station in the garage because Jennifer and her spouse use conventional cars, so the cause of the fire will look somewhere inside EQE.

Representatives of the automaker refrain from comments while the investigation is ongoing. It is only known that earlier Mercedes announced a recall of this model due to a control system error battery, which may cause the electric car will not warn the owner about the presence of a malfunction in high voltage system.