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    Four friends burned to death after ‘electronic doors didn’t open’

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    Four people have lost their lives in Toronto after their Tesla vehicle caught fire in an accident, the electronic doors did not open during the tragic incident.

    The fatal accident occurred on October 24, killing Jay Sisodiya, Digvijay Patel, Neelraj Gohil and his sister Ketaba Gohil, aged between 26 and 32.

    The vehicle reportedly lost control before crashing into a guardrail and bursting into flames.

    The only survivor, a 25-year-old woman, was only able to escape after a Canada Post worker broke one of the car’s windows because the door’s electronic mechanisms appeared to be malfunctioning.

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    A woman managed to escape

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    Rick Harper, the Canada Post employee who rescued the survivor, described the harrowing rescue attempt to the Toronto Star.

    “You couldn’t open the doors. I would assume the young lady would have tried to open the door from the inside because she was pretty desperate to get out,” Harper recalled.

    He added: “I don’t know if that was the battery or what. But she couldn’t get out.”

    Harper was forced to break a window to free the woman from the burning car. Because of the heavy smoke filling the car, Harper was unaware that there were other passengers trapped inside.

    A fire expert has explained why Tesla’s electronic doors can pose risks during accidents.

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    The vehicle was destroyed

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    Randy Schmitz, captain of the Calgary Fire Department and president of the Alberta Vehicle Extrication Association, noted that Tesla’s power doors require electricity to operate.

    He warned that if a crash cuts off power to the vehicle, the doors become “inoperable using normal buttons.”

    The intensity of the fire was particularly severe due to the vehicle’s battery system.

    Deputy Fire Chief Jim Jessop told the CBC: “Certainly, the intensity of the fire is directly related to the battery cells in the Tesla.”

    Despite the tragic incident, Tesla claims its vehicles are among the safest in the world.

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    Tesla claims its vehicles are among the safest in the world

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    In a safety report, the automaker highlighted the safety credentials of its vehicles, particularly with regard to their battery systems.

    The report said: “The Model S, Model 3, Model X and Model Y all scored among the lowest overall probabilities of injury of any vehicle ever tested by the US government’s New Car Assessment Program.”

    Tesla claims this safety record is largely due to the battery’s design, which offers “exceptional strength, large corrugation areas and a uniquely low center of gravity.”

    The company insists that their batteries “rarely suffer serious damage in accidents”.

    Tesla’s report also addressed fire safety, claiming that their “state-of-the-art design” ensures that the safety system “isolates a fire to specific areas within the battery and at the same time evacuates heat from the passenger cabin.”

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