Posted on 12/10/2025 2:58:59 PM PST by lowbridge
According to the Los Angeles Fire Department, the fire was reported at 9:20 a.m. on Foothill Boulevard, just below the 210 Freeway overpass. No children were aboard at the time, and the driver was transported to a local hospital for minor smoke inhalation injuries.
Aerial footage showed a large plume of smoke emerging from below the underpass. The smoke led to the closure of the Osbourne Street offramp, according to Caltrans.
Fire crews were at the scene but appeared to keep their distance from the flames. Experts say fires involving lithium-ion batteries, commonly used in electric vehicles, are typically controlled and firefighters are advised to let them burn out.
"They burn safely even though they burn longer than a regular fire would," said Tesla business development manager Jan Gromadzki. during a fire safety training earlier this year. "It's something controlled and easily managed by the fire department with regular gear."
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They do not “burn safely”. What an apologist crock of crap.
Fry a busload of school kids, even public school kids, and that will be the END of electric buses.
Governor Newsom already set in motion a permanent ban on gas powered vehicles and appliances in CA. Set to take shape in the next two decades.
Governor Newsom wants to be president of the United States next. 😳
“...the driver was transported to a local hospital for minor smoke inhalation injuries.”
But Kamala, who, ‘some said was the most qualified candidate for President’, told us that the kids no longer have to have to breathe in dangerous diesel fumes and they all get charging ports for their phones, so we can’t forget those inherent advantages of electric buses. /s
Fire or not, what about the possible negative effects from exposure while sitting on top of a platform of batteries with tires attached to it?
Kamala Harris is currently crying “No not my precious yellow school bus”
Mr. Newsom will never be President of these United States.
Does a recycling company make any money with the cooled off slag?
“Fry a busload of school kids, even public school kids, and that will be the END of electric buses.”
Erie, PA. 2 days ago
Tennessee, 5 days ago
“ Does a recycling company make any money with the cooled off slag?”
Only if they are a company paid for HAZMAT cleanup and disposal.
Probably from kids smoking in the back.
“Probably from kids smoking in the back.”
Wrong and wrong
Experts say fires involving lithium-ion batteries, commonly used in electric vehicles, are typically controlled and firefighters are advised to let them burn out.
I understand that EV lithium battery fires take lots of water to put out, correction welcome. So was water actually available if they had decided to put it out?
EVs are ticking time bombs
If I understand it correctly, there are "official" ways to put out an EV battery, but they don't work. Things like firehouses with nozzles designed to allow you to slide them under the car and fire water directly onto the undercarriage (battery). But in the end that's just an idea that sounds good on paper -- the battery keeps burning.
So it comes down to pretty much controlled burning. Hose down the surrounding area to keep the fire from spreading and just sit back and let it burn.
Like mostly peaceful.
Have it set up so he has to ride the electric buses with the school kids.
Hose down the surrounding area to keep the fire from spreading and just sit back and let it burn.
I forgot to ask the following. Are fumes from EV lithium battery fire toxic?
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