The fire happened in Harlingen, Texas on Tuesday, August 27th. According to local firefighters, it took over an hour to douse the damaged battery blaze. Local reports state that the accident involved the Cybertruck alone and no other vehicles, and the Tesla's occupants escaped unharmed. It's unclear how the driver happened to hit the fire hydrant, but the result was clear: the spray of water from the shattered fireplug damaged the Tesla's battery compartment, according to firefighters, causing a runaway thermal fire that defied quick and easy efforts to extinguish.