@LadyMarissa “From 2012 to the year 2020, there was close to one vehicle fire for every 19,000,000 miles traveled. From 2012 to the year 2020, there was one Tesla vehicle fire for every 205,000,000 miles traveled. Not only are Tesla battery fires a rare occurrence, but Teslas are actually safer than gas-powered vehicles when it comes to catching fire.” (Source)
That said lithium ion battery fires are nasty when they do happen and I wouldn’t be surprised if they did have to smother it with dirt. On the other hand it’s a really bad idea to store lithium ion batteries in a junkyard. It’d be like storing dynamite out in the sun, unprotected.
@LadyMarissa ” I don’t own one, but I’ve been told that the battery is under the seat”
The batteries run the entire floor for the most part.