Trailer exterior Tesla Giga Texas catches fireplace, leads to minor evacuation

Some Tesla Giga Texas workers had been briefly evacuated not too long ago as a consequence of a trailer that caught fireplace exterior the ability. Photos of the hearth’s aftermath had been captured in a current drone flyover of the Tesla Gigafactory Texas complicated. 

As famous by longtime Tesla Giga Texas watcher Joe Tegtmeyer, his flyover on June 26, 2024 was fairly completely different than regular as he noticed some firetrucks arriving on the complicated with their sirens blaring. He tracked some firetrucks on the west facet of the ability’s Normal Meeting 1 space, the place a trailer carrying rubbish had caught fireplace.

Some sort of a trailer loaded with trash appears to have caught on fireplace at Giga Texas simply now. That is on the W facet & workers had been evacuated. Fireplace vehicles & crews responded and the hearth put out. pic.twitter.com/fQzBn3KEg0

— Joe Tegtmeyer 🚀 🤠🛸😎 (@JoeTegtmeyer) June 26, 2024

On the time of the flyover, some Giga Texas workers had been evacuated, and the hearth had already been extinguished. Some workers is also seen reentering the ability. Total, the drone operator noticed that the evacuation of Giga Texas’ workers appeared very orderly and environment friendly. Firefighters had been additionally capable of management the blaze with out anybody getting injured. 

As famous in a CBS Austin report, the Austin Fireplace Division (AFD) was known as concerning the incident simply earlier than 8 a.m. native time. Even earlier than the AFD arrived, Tesla Giga Texas staff had already began to knock down the hearth in the back of the trailer. The AFD then proceeded to extinguish the remainder of the flames after they arrived on the Giga Texas complicated. 

2/2 I’ve included a picture right here of the trailer that caught fireplace. Many castings set out on the N & E sides at the moment, whereas crews proceed to erect the metal meeting for the Bag Home plant. Numerous exercise on the W facet EOL facility with a view into the cafeteria! Extra developing… pic.twitter.com/MmtfKdJtl8

— Joe Tegtmeyer 🚀 🤠🛸😎 (@JoeTegtmeyer) June 26, 2024

Curiously sufficient, the Hazmat Process Pressure had been alerted concerning the incident, however the AFD famous that the hearth was not as hazardous as initially anticipated. Thus, the Hazmat Process Pressure was not deployed. This was probably as a consequence of the truth that the trailer gave the impression to be carrying common waste, not delicate waste supplies, from the Giga Texas complicated. 

The drone operator famous that regardless of the hearth incident and temporary evacuation of some workers, the Giga Texas complicated appeared busy as regular throughout his flyover. A major quantity of progress could possibly be seen on the south and southwest sides of the ability, and the cooling followers for Tesla’s supercomputer cluster are additionally taking form. Even the Boring Firm’s tunnel gave the impression to be making some stable progress. 

Take a look at Joe Tegtmeyer’s current drone flyover of the Giga Texas complicated within the video beneath. 

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Trailer exterior Tesla Giga Texas catches fireplace, leads to temporary evacuation