Electric car is consumed by flames in fire that mobilized teams An electric car caught fire this Thursday (16) on Avenida Deble Luísa Derani, in Praia da Baleia, on the South Coast of São Sebastião. The incident mobilized teams from the Municipal Civil Defense, the Public Services Secretariat (Sesep), the Fire Department, the Military Police and the Civil Police. Agents acted to control the flames, isolate the area and preserve the location for the investigation. ? Click here to follow the g1 Vale do Paraíba and region channel on WhatsApp As it was an electric vehicle, fighting the fire required specific procedures due to the high voltage batteries. The work included cooling and monitoring to prevent new fires. Read also: Fire in an electric car: how firefighters fight the flames An electric car was destroyed after a fire in São Sebastião. São Sebastião City Hall After the flames were extinguished, Civil Defense carried out an inspection of the site and monitored the work of the teams involved. There are no reports of injuries. The case occurred just over a month after a fire followed by an explosion in an electric car inside a dealership in São José dos Campos. At the time, no one was injured and fighting the flames also required specific protocols due to the characteristics of the batteries. See more news from Vale do Paraíba and the Bragantina region