A large car fire involving multiple rental vehicles at Nantucket Memorial Airport is now out. There were no injuries reported but at least four cars sustained significant damage. #nantucket
The fire was just 40 feet away from the airport’s 25,000-gallon jet fuel tanks
These are the rental vehicles that were facing each other and had their front ends totaled by the fire. Five are being towed away:
• Chevy Suburban
• Ford Explorer
• Infiniti QX80
• Ford Expedition
• Jeep Gladiator
• Chevy Suburban
• Ford Explorer
• Infiniti QX80
• Ford Expedition
• Jeep Gladiator
The cars were owned by Hertz, and had just been returned by members of the Secret Service who had been using them during President Biden’s visit, sources said.
The Ford Expedition was under a battery recall by the manufacturer and had recently had the battery switched out.
The Ford Expedition was under a battery recall by the manufacturer and had recently had the battery switched out.
Correction: it had been scheduled for recall service but the battery had NOT been swapped out yet
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