Venice, Ferrari 296 Gts hybrid on fire: the 300 thousand euro racing car destroyed by flames

A Ferrari enveloped by flames in front of the Fincantieri in Marghera, not far from the Ponte della Libertà that connects Venice to the mainland. The photo of the 296 Gts on fire in the Rizzardi ramp, which burned down on Monday morning just before 10 am. No people were injured. The man behind the wheel is moved away in time but he couldn’t do anything to save the fireball. The car had left from Tronchetto, in corso of a sport eventand had to reach the Dolomites where the race would have ended. But something went wrong. The Ferrari driver noticed that something was wronghe stopped and got out, while the car caught fire.

Social photo

Meanwhile, dozens of cars began to slow down as they passed the stopped Ferrari in the middle of the road; with motorists astonished as they witnessed the destruction of the sports car devoured by the fire before their eyes, without being able to do anything. In the period of time preceding the intervention of the firefighters, the scene was photographed in several shots which ended up on socialThe fire was quickly put out by firefighters: foaming agents and active tanker to lower the flames on the hybrid car.

830 horsepower racing car

We still have to understand where the fire that sent the powerhouse up in smoke started 830 horsepower twin-turbo and over three hundred thousand euros in value. The firefighters, who arrived with two fire engines, put out the fire in the hybrid-powered vehicle and made the very busy area safe, given that it constitutes the main artery Of communication road between the historic center of Venice and the city of Mestre, on the mainland. The car went irreparably destroyed. The causes are being examined by firefighters. After the investigations, the vehicle was removed.

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