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| 17 Aug 2026, 5:07 PM | SoyaCincau | 2.0 | Alam Damai EV fire: Was the car a Mercedes-Benz EQE?
An EV charging on a porch is believed to have caused a fire that completely destroyed a 2-storey house in Alam Damai, Cheras, with 22 firefighters deployed from 5:03 AM to 6:41 AM. JBPM did not disclose the vehicle's brand, but visual comparison of the burnt carcass against a Mercedes-Benz EQE that caught fire in an Incheon, South Korea underground garage in August 2024 suggests the Cheras vehicle may also be an EQE. SoyaCincau has reached out to JBPM KL and Mercedes-Benz Malaysia for confirmation. Why: This is a consumer safety incident with no direct builder, developer, or startup takeaway. It may marginally inform anyone building EV charging infrastructure, IoT home-safety, or insurance-tech products in Malaysia that porch-charging fire risk remains a live public concern, but the article offers no technical detail, policy change, or market data to act on. |