[dragnet2]

Fire fighters used 32,000 gallons of water over four hours to try to put out the flames because the car's batteries kept reigniting.

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Batteries kept igniting? That's what I want, a vehicle, if involved in a collision, explodes into flames and takes half a day to put the fires out. Good gawd!

[Responsibility2nd]

Granted I’m not an electrical engineer, but even I know better to use water on an electrical fire.

What were these fire fighters thinking?

[Hurricane]

And they want battery operated aircraft? No thanks.

[Getready]

Lithium and water equals....lithium hydroxide + hydrogen gas + heat. Heat ignites hydrogen = fire. Very difficult to put out. Water just catalyzes reaction. See youtube videos for reaction of lithium and water.
One of pitfalls of lithium batteries.

[Blueflag]

Technically that’s a class D fire. Those have to be smothered.

The chemicals in Tesla batteries ignite when exposed to air.

IIRC the battery in that car is about 1500 pounds. Lots of fuel.

[TangoLimaSierra]

Fire fighters used 32,000 gallons of water over four hours to try to put out the flames because the car's batteries kept reigniting.

Should'a just turned on the headlights and the emergency flashers. Dead battery in no time.