Five cars rented by Biden’s Secret Service burst into FLAMES in Nantucket

A fire near Nantucket Memorial Airport has engulfed at least five vehicles used by the Secret Service during President Joe Biden’s Thanksgiving holiday on the wealthy island of Massachusetts.

The vehicles belong to Hertz and were recently returned to the car rental company by USSS, according to sources spoke to the Nantucket Current.

The rental car fire occurred Monday — a day after Biden left Nantucket to return to the White House.

There were no injuries, but at least four cars sustained significant damage in the blaze, which occurred just 40 feet from the airport’s 25,000-gallon jet fuel tanks.

Five vehicles rented by the US Secret Service went up in flames during President Joe Biden’s Thanksgiving vacation to Nantucket. The fire was only 40 feet away from the airport’s 25,000 gallon jet fuel tanks

The vehicles, rented from Hertz, were destroyed by a yet-to-be-explained fire Monday in the Nantucket Memorial Airport parking lot — just one day after the president left the island to return to Washington, D.C.

One of the vehicles was a Ford Expedition, which is being recalled by the manufacturer. The vehicle was supposed to receive a replacement battery, but it had not been replaced at the time of the fire

Five cars rented by the USSS during Biden’s Thanksgiving trip to Nantucket were towed away due to the fire – they are a Chevy Suburban, Ford Explorer, Infiniti QX80, Ford Expedition and Jeep Gladiator.

The vehicles were used to transport the president’s family around the island.

While it’s not immediately clear what caused the fire, the Ford Expedition is under a manufacturer recall. The vehicle involved in the fire was supposed to receive a replacement battery, but it had not been replaced at the time of the fire.

Biden spent Thanksgiving with his family on the posh island of Nantucket off the coast of Massachusetts. Pictured: The president enjoys a drink while shopping with his daughter Ashley and first lady Jill Biden for Small Business Saturday in Nantucket

The incident is now under investigation, as the vehicles were used by the president’s security service just one day before they burst into flames.

The Nantucket Current released videos on Twitter showing the fronts of vehicles completely destroyed by the fire.

Biden flew to Nantucket the Tuesday before Thanksgiving with first lady Jill Biden and his son Hunter, his wife Melissa Cohen and their son Beau Jr. The president returned to Washington, D.C. on Sunday, November 27 after spending the Thanksgiving holiday on the island. .

A heavy security operation was evident as the president and his family moved through the rainy streets on Nantucket during the Thanksgiving holiday. This security included elite Secret Service Counter Sniper pairs

The airport released a statement about the incident, writing, “At approximately 5:22 a.m., airport crew personnel observed an active fire in the rental car overflow area through the airport’s closed-circuit television system. The personnel activated the warning system and responded to the fire at Airport-3, where they were met by responding units from the Nantucket Fire Department and Nantucket Police Department.”

“Combined fire resources responded and contained the blaze,” the statement added. “Several vehicles have been damaged.”

The airport’s operations were not affected by the fire, which has since been extinguished, according to the statement.