About two weeks ago, thieves targeted a major Santo Spirits shipment as it crossed the border into the United States. The tequila company is co-owned by celebrity chef Guy Fieri and musician Sammy Hagar.

First reported by People, thieves hijacked a pair of Santo trucks carrying an estimated $1 million in spirits in an incredible caper that continues to unfold as the investigation continues. The cargo included 4,040 cases of tequila, nearly 25,000 bottles. Some bottles included a special aged añejo that took 39 months to produce.

The trucks had just crossed into Laredo, Texas, and were headed to distributors in California and Pennsylvania. Neither made it and Santo's logistics partner, Johanson, was thrown off by some sophisticated technology.

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Last month, Colorado Rockies third baseman Kris Bryant awaited the imminent delivery of a $300,000 Lamborghini Huracan to his home in Las Vegas … but it never came.

Bryant, who was having the vehicle transported for the offseason from Denver, where he plays ball, enlisted a transport company to do the job. But what happens next sounds almost too strange to be true.

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NIST reported that these fires can produce a jet of flame that reaches up to 2,012° Fahrenheit, nearly the heat of a blowtorch, in approximately one second. This hazard differs from traditional residential fires that start more slowly, which allows for smoke to reach a smoke alarm before the fire spreads.

During the research, NIST mechanical engineer Andy Tam said he noticed that a battery’s safety valve would break right before the fire started and make a small “click-hiss” sound that resembled opening a bottle of soda. Lithium-ion battery manufacturers design this safety valve to break when internal pressure builds up and can no longer expand due to the battery’s hard casing.

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