The rental vehicles caught fire less than 24 hours after they were returned after President Joe Biden’s visit to Nantucket.
By David Matthews Source New York Daily News (TNS) Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
Several cars recently rented by the Secret Service were destroyed Monday morning after a fire broke out at a Nantucket airport.
The cause of the blaze at Nantucket Memorial Airport is still under investigation, but one of cars, a Ford Expedition SUV, was subject to a safety recall because of a battery issue known to cause fires.
The car had not been repaired at the time of the fire, according to the Nantucket Current.
A Chevy Suburban, Ford Explorer, Infiniti QX80 and Jeep Gladiator were also destroyed. No injures were reported.
The Secret Service had returned the cars rented from Hertz for President Biden’s Thanksgiving trip to the Massachusetts island less than 24 hours before the fire. A spokesperson for the agency told NBC Boston there were no issues with the cars during the trip.