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Over 36,000 gallons of water used for electric vehicle fire on I-65 [Alabama]
WSFA TV-12 ^ | Dec. 26, 2023 at 12:03 PM CST | Updated: 11 hours ago | By WSFA 12 News Staff and Sally Pitts

Posted on 12/27/2023 6:55:36 AM PST by Red Badger

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To: Red Badger

bttt


21 posted on 12/27/2023 7:23:45 AM PST by Pajamajan (Pray for our nation. Never be slave in a new Socialist America.pz)
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To: Red Badger

Next time try covering with loads of dirt. Mount Electric.


22 posted on 12/27/2023 7:29:12 AM PST by drSteve78 (Je suis Deplorable. Even more so)
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Enough to fill a very large swimming pool


23 posted on 12/27/2023 7:37:41 AM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: V_TWIN

As I understand it, an EV (lithium)battery burns under water because of the oxygen in the water. Dirt is supposed to smother the flames and deprive the fire of oxygen and it then goes out. Unless there is a different cumbustion process at work for EV battery fires.


24 posted on 12/27/2023 7:42:08 AM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: Red Badger

Alright. My understanding is incomplete. Just another reasob not to get an EV if fires are so difficult to put out!


25 posted on 12/27/2023 7:43:59 AM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: Red Badger

Pretend they are Oil Well fires and blow the damned thing up to extinguish the flames.


26 posted on 12/27/2023 7:46:15 AM PST by eyeamok
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To: BradyLS

I don’t think you can deprive the fire from oxygen. It’s built in.


27 posted on 12/27/2023 7:47:08 AM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: V_TWIN
“I though the way to put out an EV fire was to smother it with dirt?”

As I understand it you can also spray it down with Ground up Liberals.

28 posted on 12/27/2023 7:48:55 AM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: Red Badger

Why didn’t they just let it burn out? Seems like it was threatening nothing nearby.......


29 posted on 12/27/2023 7:49:36 AM PST by Arlis
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To: Bob434

Please translate....


30 posted on 12/27/2023 7:50:10 AM PST by LFOD (Formerly - Iraq, Afghanistan - here to stay...,)
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To: PGR88

Letting it burn takes how long ? and does it matter where it’s at ?


31 posted on 12/27/2023 7:52:41 AM PST by stylin19a (Back when men cursed & beat the ground with sticks, it was named witchcraft. Today it's named golf.)
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To: BereanBrain
If a gas car catches fire, do they print how many gallons was used to extinguish it?

I was a firefighter. Our main engine was a Spartan Metro Star with 1,000 gal capacity. In all the car fires to which we responded, we never had to suction our Peterbilt Tanker.

After the fires it usually took 300-600 gals to top off.

32 posted on 12/27/2023 7:54:03 AM PST by Sirius Lee (I am going to keep SPAMming the meme "I see Freepers bickering..." where applicable)
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To: eyeamok

Doesn’t work that way.

Chemical fire......................


33 posted on 12/27/2023 7:54:07 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while l aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Maybe it won’t, but I would love to watch them try a few thousand times...


34 posted on 12/27/2023 7:56:23 AM PST by eyeamok
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To: Red Badger

I really need to remember to do a little research first before commenting.

Here’s a short article that explains action-oriented methods for putting out EV fires. And why none of them are ultimately as good as just lettinv the thing burn itself.

https://www.firerescue1.com/electric-vehicles/articles/electric-vehicle-fires-where-the-waiting-game-wins-f934UedqIpVqc1k2/


35 posted on 12/27/2023 7:56:52 AM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: nuconvert

“I assume someone is working on a foam or some other method of putting out these battery fires.”

Foam is available. Most counties and towns can’t afford it. Big cities are more likely to have it.


36 posted on 12/27/2023 7:56:55 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (Are you ready for Black Lives MAGA? It's coming.)
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To: BradyLS

Last paragraph of the above article:

“If the battery box is intact and there are no exposures, the best solution is to simply wait for the battery to burn itself out, then extinguish the remaining class A fire. While this strategy is not ideal – and not one favored by aggressive, proactive and eager firefighters – it’s really the best approach. It should only take an hour for the battery to burn itself out. The alternative will be to continually dump water on the vehicle for 6 to 8 hours.”


37 posted on 12/27/2023 7:58:14 AM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: BereanBrain

Gas fire: 1,500 degrees, once out it’s out.
Battery fire: 4,500 degrees, can reignite days or weeks later.


38 posted on 12/27/2023 7:58:19 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (Are you ready for Black Lives MAGA? It's coming.)
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To: Red Badger

On the bright side, 33-year-old Mr. Michael Sherrill will not have to worry about junking his EV when the clock hits 100k and there are no buyers for it. He just “sold” it to his insurance company.


39 posted on 12/27/2023 8:00:04 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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To: The Great RJ

Electric cars are imperfect—its like Nuke power==Once thought to solve all our problems. We haven’t figured out nukes yet—what to do with the spent rods—Same with the cars. We will figure them out—in time. Maybe 100 years. Once people thought we would be driving nuclear cars too.


40 posted on 12/27/2023 8:01:27 AM PST by Forward the Light Brigade ( Ride to the sound of the Guns!)
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