ELECTRIC VEHICLE DESTROYED IN FIRE

  

Multiple Washington County fire departments battled an electric vehicle fire for several hours on Saturday.

Around 5:30 p.m., the Meyersville and Washington Volunteer Fire Departments were called to a single-car accident without entrapment in the 14000 block of Whitman Road in Washington.

Firefighters arrived to find a Tesla had crashed off the roadway into a pasture and was actively on fire. 

Units from the Brenham Fire Department and the Berlin and Chappell Hill Volunteer Fire Departments provided mutual aid to extinguish the fire and cool the batteries on the car.  The fire was out around 9:15 p.m., and units were released from the scene at approximately 10:45 p.m.

The vehicle was destroyed, but no injuries were reported.