Electric vehicle catches fire, explodes in Boulder garage

Heather Willard
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DENVER (KDVR) — An electric vehicle caught fire and exploded at a home in Boulder Saturday.

Boulder Fire-Rescue responded to Emerald Road just after 6 a.m. for a fire alarm sent by an alarm company and found a smoking electric vehicle.

The call was changed to a Fill-the-Box call, which requests additional resources to the scene. At the same time, the vehicle exploded inside the garage.

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All of the home’s residents were safely evacuated and there are no injuries, according to Boulder Fire-Rescue. Firefighters were on the scene removing the vehicles safely from the garage and ventilating the house because it filled with smoke during the incident.

  • Boulder Fire-Rescue was called out to Emerald Road for a fire alarm before an electric vehicle exploded in a garage.
    Boulder Fire-Rescue was called out to Emerald Road for a fire alarm before an electric vehicle exploded in a garage.
  • Boulder Fire-Rescue was called out to Emerald Road for a fire alarm before an electric vehicle exploded in a garage.
    Boulder Fire-Rescue was called out to Emerald Road for a fire alarm before an electric vehicle exploded in a garage.
  • Boulder Fire-Rescue was called out to Emerald Road for a fire alarm before an electric vehicle exploded in a garage.
    Boulder Fire-Rescue was called out to Emerald Road for a fire alarm before an electric vehicle exploded in a garage.
  • Boulder Fire-Rescue was called out to Emerald Road for a fire alarm before an electric vehicle exploded in a garage.
    Boulder Fire-Rescue was called out to Emerald Road for a fire alarm before an electric vehicle exploded in a garage.
  • Boulder Fire-Rescue was called out to Emerald Road for a fire alarm before an electric vehicle exploded in a garage.
    Boulder Fire-Rescue was called out to Emerald Road for a fire alarm before an electric vehicle exploded in a garage.

Boulder Fire Rescue said the car was a Volvo SUV.

Many agencies responded to the scene, including Boulder police, American Medical Response, Louisville Fire and Lafayette Fire, which provided an electric vehicle blanket.

A Boulder Fire-Rescue investigator will be on scene Saturday morning to confirm the cause of the fire, according to the agency.

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