Watch: 2023 Ford F-150 Catches Fire out of the Blue in Its Owner's Yard

The vehicle, which is now a total loss, was a 2023 Ford F-150. The owner purchased it from the dealership in April 2024, added 6,000 miles (9,656) kilometers, and was left without it just five months after the purchase. The Ford F-150 caught fire just minutes after he arrived home from work on his lunch break.

Many of those who watched the video uploaded to YouTube point their fingers to the high risk of fire for EVs. But this is not the F-150 Lightning. It is not even a hybrid version, so the scenario in which large lithium-ion battery packs are to blame for the fire is out of the way.

The 29-minute video captured by the surveillance camera shows the exact moment the fire broke out and how it was extinguished by the firefighters. At 1:02 PM, the pickup truck signaled there was something wrong with it by flashing the parking lights for the first time. Then the horn started beeping.

There is also the alert sound of what might be the smoke alarm of the house next to which the pickup truck is parked. That is when the owner of the vehicle comes to check what is wrong with it, sees smoke coming out of the cabin, closes the door back, and goes inside the house to pick up his phone and dial 911. One minute later, the honk is on again.

Smoke starts rising from under the hood. The owner, who is the father of a young child, returns to the vehicle and starts taking various things out in an attempt to save as much as possible.

"Had to get the baby seat out, we needed to get important baby items out of the other side," he explained in a comment on YouTube. "It was really hot," he added, explaining that, at first, there was fire coming out of the dash on the passenger side.

The smoke went from white, which might indicate an electrical problem, to dark gray, when the blaze started melting the materials of the vehicle. The first flames showed up on board the F-150 at 1:06 PM, engulfing the windshield and the roof, and soon, everything else. Several explosions can be heard during the video, caused by the airbags. Pieces of the truck are seen flying through the air following the explosions.

The flames expand to a tree on the left side of the F-150, but luckily, not to the houses in its vicinity. Firefighters arrive at 1:13, which is less than ten minutes after they were alerted, and put out the fire within a minute. By then, the truck had no roof, no windows, and everything on board had melted. Firefighters struggled to pop the hood with a crowbar, as the hood latch would not give in. It took them way more to open it than it took them to extinguish the fire.

Now, the owner of the vehicle is waiting for the insurance company to pay out. His brand-new 2023 Ford F-150 is probably on its way to the crusher already.