He good news thouhg is that it wasn’t 36,100 gallons
Consider the toxic and hazardous material in that run off water.
I though the way to put out an EV fire was to smother it with dirt?
I assume someone is working on a foam or some other method of putting out these battery fires.
My friend is the fire chief of a neighboring town. I asked him: how do you deal with EV fires?
His reply: let it burn.
If a gas car catches fire, do they print how many gallons was used to extinguish it?
“The driver was uninjured and had escaped the vehicle before the fire department arrived...”
Because, Why? They would’ve locked him in the burning vehicle and LAUGHED at him? *SMIRK*
As a volunteer firefighter, our training for electrical vehicle fires (in our cases, those would be trains), was chemical—keep water far away as all it does it conduct electricity.
bttt
Next time try covering with loads of dirt. Mount Electric.
Enough to fill a very large swimming pool
Pretend they are Oil Well fires and blow the damned thing up to extinguish the flames.
Why didn’t they just let it burn out? Seems like it was threatening nothing nearby.......
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.
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.
EV fire? Standard firefighting equipment should include an excavator. Dig a deep hole and shove the burning vehicle into it. Smother with dirt.
In California they’ll just let them burn until they get that recycled sewer water project going.
Alcohol and lithium seem to be a bad combination.
Jettison overboard.