Terrified passengers film Waymo autonomous vehicle driving into live fireworks in San Francisco

Passengers successful a Waymo conveyance were terrified arsenic the car drove into lit fireworks successful the mediate of a San Francisco thoroughfare during Independence Day celebrations implicit the weekend.

Video footage of the incidental shows a radical of passengers who were shocked arsenic the driverless car seemingly approaches lit fireworks successful the mediate of a thoroughfare arsenic the explosives are astir to launch.

As the car gets closer, idiosyncratic connected the thoroughfare appears to pass the conveyance to halt by waving their hand.

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Passengers successful a Waymo conveyance were terrified arsenic the autonomous car drove into lit fireworks successful the mediate of a San Francisco thoroughfare during Independence Day celebrations. (Rose Peterson via Storyful)

"No, no, no, don’t go, don’t go, don’t go," 1 of the passengers is heard saying off-camera.

The autonomous conveyance past passes implicit the colorful flames and sparks.

"Our Waymo conscionable drove into a firework," a rider says successful the clip.

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A Waymo conveyance sits idling astatine an intersection with nary operating postulation lights owed to powerfulness outages, successful San Francisco, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025. (Jeff Chiu/AP Photo)

"Are we connected fire, dude?" a chap rider asks.

A Waymo spokesperson told Fox News Digital that the institution "is committed to keeping our riders harmless and earning the spot of the communities wherever we operate."

"We instrumentality situations similar this earnestly and are committed to evaluating and learning from these events," the connection continued.

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No injuries were reported to either the passengers oregon the vehicle, and the institution reached retired to the riders aft their trip. The possession of fireworks, adjacent "Safe and Sane" explosives, is amerciable successful San Francisco, the city's occurrence section said.

One pistillate was killed and 2 different adults and a kid were injured Saturday successful a abstracted fireworks explosion, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.

Elsewhere successful San Francisco, immoderate Waymo vehicles were towed erstwhile their batteries died aft vehicles became stuck successful postulation for hours.

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"Our precedence is keeping San Francisco moving safely, particularly during large metropolis celebrations," the Waymo spokesperson said. "On the Fourth of July, utmost postulation congestion successful bluish San Francisco disrupted mean operations for respective Waymo vehicles."

"In coordination with section authorities and exigency services, our roadside assistance squad worked rapidly to wide our vehicles from the area," the connection continued.