- A Tennessee gas station fire engulfed the rear half of a Ferrari F430, reducing it to charred remains.
- Firefighters stopped the blaze before it reached the front, but much of the supercar was destroyed.
- Investigators are still determining the cause of the fire, with no official explanation released yet.
The Ferrari F430 is one of the finest mid-engine V8 supercars to come from the Italian marque, and spotting one is always a treat. Unfortunately, there’s now one fewer on U.S. roads after an incident at a Tennessee gas station left one in ruins.
The incident happened at approximately 5:40 p.m. last Friday, with the F430 catching fire while it was being refueled at a Citgo station. No official explanation as to why the fire started has been provided by the Signal Mountain Fire Department and whether it was a user error or perhaps a fault with the car or the gas pump.
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Police quickly responded to the blaze but not before almost the entire Ferrari was engulfed in flames. Photos captured of the scene show that the fire burned the entire rear half of the F430 to a crisp, leaving nothing but a sad pile of melted plastic and charged metal. The blaze grew to the Ferrari’s cabin, also destroying it.
Fire crews must have responded to the inferno quite quickly as they were able to extinguish it before the hood, front quarter panels, front bumper, and front wheels caught fire. That’s probably no consolation for the owner of the Ferrari but hey, at least if they want to keep a wheel as a souvenir, they can.
In the aftermath, the Signal Mountain Fire Department quickly shut off the remaining pumps at the station and closed off one direction of traffic to ensure the fire didn’t spread further. Their rapid response helped contain the situation, though by then, the damage was already done.
Over the years, some Ferrari F430 owners have speculated about potential issues with the car’s fuel filler necks, but there’s never been concrete evidence that Ferrari’s mid-2000s supercar suffers from a manufacturer defect that makes it vulnerable to catching fire while filing up.
H/T to Road&Track
