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A few days ago, a Lexus caught fire and exploded in Guangzhou South Railway Station, Guangdong, which quickly attracted attention after it spread on the Internet. In response to this matter, the head of Lexus public relations made a response to the media today.

The head of public relations in Lexus China's marketing department responded that the company had been concerned about the incident and said it was an individual case to confirm the personal safety of the car owner, thepaper.cn reported. At present, we have contacted the local traffic police, fire protection and other departments and will cooperate with the investigation if necessary.

As the incident continues to ferment online, netizens have different guesses about the cause of the fire. Some netizens speculated that there was a fire caused by a battery problem. In response, the head of the public relations department of Lexus (China) Marketing Department said that it was confirmed that the burning vehicle was not a hybrid model, but a Lexus NX 200model.

A screenshot of the WeChat group posted on the Internet shows that the car owner has installed modified accessories of "fast horsepower". The official said that the company does not know whether the car owner has the behavior of self-modification.

According to the video, a Lexus NX was driving ahead, with black smoke and open fire on the chassis. The driver of the rear car quickly honked and tried to get close, signalling to the Lexus NX driver in front of him that the car was on fire. "your car is on fire," the driver shouted, worried about whether the car would explode.

At this time, the chassis of Lexus NX has been burning and deflagration, the situation is very critical.

According to another video, the Lexus NX vehicle with an open fire in the chassis has completely self-ignited, the whole car is surrounded by the fire, the fire emits a lot of smoke, and there are several explosions, and then the vehicle is almost destroyed.

At 17:00 in the afternoon, the Panyu police in Guangzhou released an investigation: after investigation, the car was a private car with only one driver and no injury at the time of the accident. After preliminary investigation, the cause of the fire is the spontaneous combustion of the vehicle fault. At present, the accident is under further investigation and treatment.

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