Burning Teslas and other electronic vehicles are delaying recovery efforts for those affected by the Los Angeles wildfires as their lithium batteries help to fuel the fires and release toxic fumes.
"A lot of the cars in the evacuation area were lithium batteries," Jacqui Irwin, a state assembly member representing the Pacific Palisades, told Bloomberg. "We've heard from firefighters that those lithium batteries burned fires near homes – like those with power walls – for much longer."
