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A car at Canoo burned after the batteries in the car started to catch fire. The local fire department was able to put out the fire and no one was hurt.
The parking lot where the fire happened was once the headquarters of Canoo, which moved to Arkansas in November.
The VP of communications for Canoo confirmed that the fire occurred. A small fire occurred several hours after the battery module passed the test and did not ignite. Someone placed the module in a sealed container that led to the fire. The box the module was placed in became pressurized.
Canoo had rented or purchased a third-party cargo vehicle, but the car wasn't one of its prototypes. The incident report says it is a Ford. Canoo announced a deal to use batteries from Sanyo. The batteries were involved in the fire.
Canoo is working towards a goal of starting production on its electric vans in late 2022, though it has also been turning over executives along the way.
The company deals with battery fires. The preproduction vehicle of Faraday Future caught fire. A prototype of an electric pickup truck caught fire during a road test.
The batteries that powered the prototype vehicles started the other fires. The fire started in the cabin of the third-party vehicle, where the batteries were being transported.
An officer from Los Angeles County's Health Hazmat team was called to the scene to investigate the battery explosion after the fire was out. The batteries were placed in a trash can filled with water. The fire caused an estimated $45,000 worth of damage, including $10,000 in property damage, according to the report.
The fire department was on the scene for three and a half hours, though the report doesn't say how long it took to extinguish the fire. The facility has been functioning normally since it was opened the next day.
The report states that the fire was caused by improper container or storage procedure. LA County's Health Hazmat team declined to make someone available for an interview, and the Torrance Fire Department did not respond to multiple email requests for comment.
