Overview

• A toaster placed under an electric vehicle to warm up its battery likely caused a fire that destroyed the car and damaged a nearby house in southern Denmark.
• The incident occurred on Saturday in Stenlille, about 40 miles southwest of Copenhagen.
• No one was injured in the incident.
• The car was parked in a carport, a shelter for vehicles that is attached to a house and consists of a flat roof supported on pillars.
• The car's owner faces a fine.