The collision caused the cells of the Volvo's battery pack to ignite, causing them to explode, fire officials say. Two days later, it's still smoldering.
Days after an electric truck ran into a cargo train in Carson and caught fire, the vehicle is still smoldering.
Authorities told Eyewitness News an electric Volvo truck was heading westbound on Dominguez Street, just east of Wilmington Avenue, when it crossed an unmarked railroad crossing and was struck by a slow moving train. The collision caused the cells of the Volvo's battery pack to ignite, causing them to explode, fire officials say.
"Firefighting foam, Class D extinguishers, special equipment and fire blankets ... those don't work because, again, they're trying to take away the oxygen, but these fires don't need that type of oxygen to keep going," said Kelliher Berkoh.
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