Homemade electric vehicles caught fire in Phoenix during the morning hours of June 18, damaging a family home near Cactus and Cave Creek roads.When crews arrived at the scene and realized it was two homemade EVs on fire, they brought out a wench and yanked them out as fast as possible."Command made contact with the homeowner, and he stated that the vehicles inside were homemade electrical cars," Capt. Todd Keller of the Phoenix Fire Department said.
"If you do have an electric vehicle, and it catches fire, please relay that to the 911 dispatch center, and they can get that to us, and we can start getting our hazmat units, so we can wrap our heads around how we're going to attack this fire," said Keller.It's still not clear what happened or how it started. PFD says they're investigating the exact cause.The homeowner said he's just happy his family is safe. Items that were burned can be replaced.