Electric Bus Burst Into Flames During East Coast Heatwave – One Day After Connecticut Gov. Requires All Future State Vehicles to Run On Electric Power

GP ^ | July 24,2022 | Jim Hoft

[Hojczyk]

On Saturday morning, during the heatwave that swept the East Coast, a new electrically powered public transportation bus caught on fire as it sat in the bus parking lot, according to fire officials.

The Hamden Fire Department was dispatched to the CT Transit bus depot in order to extinguish the fire that had spread throughout the electric bus.

According to the authorities, the lithium-ion battery was responsible for the fire that broke out on the electric bus.

“Lithium-ion battery fires are difficult to extinguish due to the thermal chemical process that produces great heat and continually reignites,” the fire officials said in a statement. “Exposures were protected at the scene.”

[gitmo]

Thank you for the clear explanation.

[anton]

I had a lithium battery fire. Very scary, small as it was. But I wonder about the fumes. What comes off these fires?

[Deplorable American1776]

The HART buses is where homeless people get on in the am and ride around all day for $4.00. Here a busdriver was killed for asking a homeless person to pay the fare. Another driver was injured when she told a homeless guy to put on a shirt.

[TexasGator]

I know! :)

[gitmo]

Yikes.

[technically right]

I’m waiting for an EV to spontaneously combust in an underground parking garage under some fancy downtown hotel someplace.

[chickenlips]

Well that should enlarge the carbon footprint considerably.

[citizen]

Mr. Internet says the avg. cost for an electric transit bus is $750,000.

[NorthMountain]

I’m not a professional insurance adjuster (nor do I play one on TV) ... but I’d guess that’s a total loss ...

[who knows what evil?]

Connecticut...are they still around?

[NorthMountain]

Windows on each side and emergency hatch on the roof?

[NorthMountain]

???

[jmacusa]

“Too much Magic Bus!’’

[jmacusa]

You bet. Some Blue Coral or Turtle Wax and it’ll be showroom new!

[Paal Gulli]

That Elon Musk fella sure is a trend-setter. He’s got bus companies following his example.

[Salamander]

Might need some extreme buffing. :D

[Salamander]

"I got nothing"

[Salamander]

If you’re bipolar, you’ll probably feel better for a little while.

[jmacusa]

LOL! That too!

[Salamander]