Ferrari, Porsche, BMW, GT-R and 2 Mercedes high-end cars melted in trailer fire
I see exotic car wrecks just about everyday worldwide. Some are forgettable, while others bring a salty tear to my eye.
In Sierra Blanca, Texas, one of the most unfortunate trailer fires occurred that torched a BMW M5, Ferrari 458, Porsche 356, and two Mercedes-Benz’s. We aren’t exactly sure how the fire started, but we know it has ended in absolute heartbreak.
A man that goes by the name ‘Arturo’ sent Jalopnik these following pictures and write-up describing how he came upon this disaster.
“I work for auto salvage. I’m used to seeing wrecked vehicles on a daily basis. This still got to me.
Yesterday morning an older gentleman named Bill called our establishment saying he had a car he needed to sell, he told me he had a “pristine 2006 Mercedes CLK 500 that was being transported from CA to FL along with a Porsche, a GT-R, a Ferrari and a BMW. The truck was involved in some sort of fire but I don’t know how badly the car was damaged. It might be just some smoke damage. The insurance company totaled it but there wasn’t enough coverage for all the damages since they were all high end cars.
Thinking it might have just suffered smoke damage or slight melting, the boss and myself headed on over to the towing company that had Bill’s car.
The guys at the towing company said that the trailer probably had either bad brakes or bad bearings that overheated and caused the fire. According to them, the truck driver unhitched the trailer and left the scene.
The GT-R had the least damage of the lot, it was picked up on Saturday.
Bill’s car and the other Mercedes were completely charbroiled.
The paint on Porsche 356 looks like it boiled and every plastic component melted.
The Ferrari 458 Italia also had all of its plastic components melted, the rear glass broke, the headliner was hanging loose, the dash was melted at the firewall, the interior was covered in ash.
The front end of the BMW M5 was melted, the interior was clean and the cluster still lighted up.
I called Bill after I left the towing company, he asked if there was anything salvageable of his car, he went silent after I told him there wasn’t anything left.
I emailed him the pictures and haven’t heard from him since. The fate of the other cars is unknown to me.
The fate of the other cars is unknown to me.”
Check out more pictures below the jump.
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Ferrari 458 Italia
Porsche 356
BMW M5
2006 Mercedes CLK 500
Mercedes-Benz S-Class
Source – Jalopnik
