5 Automobiles Rented By President Biden’s Secret Service Element Destroyed By Fireplace

A fleet of automobiles rented by President Joe Biden’s Secret Service element throughout his Nantucket journey for Thanksgiving had been destroyed by hearth a day after he left.

The automobiles had been rented by the Biden occasion, consisting of a Chevrolet Suburban, Ford Explorer, Infiniti QX80, a Ford Expedition, and a Jeep Gladiator. They caught hearth in a carpark at Nantucket Memorial Airport and whereas nobody was injured within the blaze, the fireplace is being investigated by the authorities.

Footage taken on the scene and shared to social media reveals that the entrance fascia of all 5 automobiles had been severely broken however that the blaze was extinguished earlier than it fully engulfed all 5 automobiles.

“At roughly 5:22 am, Airport shift employees noticed an energetic hearth within the rental automotive overflow space by way of the Airport’s Closed-Circuit Tv System,” Nantucket Airport mentioned on Twitter. “Employees activated the Alert system and responded to the fireplace in Airport-3, the place they had been met by responding models from Nantucket Fireplace Division and Nantucket Police Division. Mixed hearth sources responded and contained the fireplace. A number of automobiles had been broken.”

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The Nantucket Present says that the flames unfold to inside 40 toes (12 m) of the airport’s 25,000-gallon jet gasoline tanks. All 5 automobiles are owned by Hertz with a report stating that the Ford Expedition was concerned in a battery recall however had not had its battery swapped out on the time of the fireplace.

President Joe Biden had been in Nantucket together with his household to rejoice Thanksgiving and visited the Nantucket Police Division throughout his journey.