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Recently, electric vehicle spontaneous combustion accidents have occurred frequently, and electric vehicle spontaneous combustion has attracted much attention from all walks of life. Another electric car spontaneous combustion occurred in the underground parking lot of a residential district in Changsha County.

According to local media reports, in the early morning of July 7, smoke rose from the tail of a brand red electric vehicle parked in the underground parking lot of the Ruicheng district in Shenye, Changsha County, and the fire spread rapidly. The nearby owner found out in time and contacted the car owner and firefighters. When the owner learned that his vehicle was on fire, he quickly picked up the fire extinguisher and rushed to the scene to fight the fire, and informed the surrounding owners to move the car.

Then firefighters rushed to the scene after receiving the alarm. Firefighters came to the scene and found that many vehicles were parked around the fire vehicles, so they immediately put out the fire with water guns. Finally, the fire was brought under control and did not spread.

It is understood that the car fire site is mainly in the rear of the car, including the rear of the two tires have also been burnt, while there are a lot of broken glass around.

The owner, Mr. Peng, said he bought the electric car eight months ago. After the occurrence of the situation, insurance has been reported, and the insurance company has also conducted an on-the-spot inspection. The location of the fire is the battery of the electric car. Mr. Peng also said that the vehicle was not charging at the time of the fire. At present, the fire department is investigating the cause of the fire.

According to the document issued by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on June 17, after the fire and combustion accident of their new energy vehicles, all car companies should promptly carry out accident investigation, report the basic information of the accident within 12 hours, and report the details of the accident within 48 hours. Take the initiative to report to the lead department and equipment center of the new energy vehicle joint work conference.

According to the seriousness of the accident, the equipment center set up an accident investigation team to carry out investigation work, and reported the accident investigation results to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology for handling. For acts of concealment and failure to cooperate with the accident investigation, the equipment center will report to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology for punishment in accordance with the relevant provisions. If there is indeed a product defect, the production enterprise shall take the initiative to file a recall with the competent department.

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