Despite a huge emergency crew response and rapid fire suppression in Korea, they had to watch the Tesla owner burned alive inside while struggling to open any door.
According to reports, the accident occurred at around 5:40 pm on Thursday. The white Tesla Model Y crashed into a wall in Anseong, Gyeonggi Province and quickly burst into flames. Although the fire brigade arrived quickly and extinguished the fire within 10 minutes, the male driver in his 30s inside the car was already buried in the flames. Korean media reported that the driver seemed to have tried to open the door several times, but failed for unknown reasons. The South Korean police also added that after the fire broke out in the front of the vehicle, the driver was suspected of climbing into the back seat in an attempt to escape.
This safety design failure is unique to Tesla. It has been documented repeatedly; around the world many people have been burned alive as they are unable to open the Tesla doors.