SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KRON) – A Tesla was in flames after the car’s battery compartment “spontaneously” caught fire on Highway 50, the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District said on Twitter.
Crews used approximately 6,000 gallons of water to put out a fire that damaged the Tesla Model S.
I remember a while back there was another Tesla fire that took 32,000 gallons of water to put out. And guess where all that toxic water usually runs off to. Not very environmentally friendly, is it?
ReplyDeleteLast year a barn burned down behind my place. When the local VFD guy came back the next day to check on it I asked him how much water the 4 engines and 2 water tenders used to put the fire out. It was +/- 6000 gallons. Heh.
6000 gallons? Were any smelt harmed?
ReplyDeleteNope, just snail darters.
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".... front of the vehicle severely damaged." LOL. Did you see the photo? More like totally TOTALLY destroyed.
ReplyDeleteA mere flesh wound.
ReplyDeleteIs water effective putting out lithium ion battery fires?
ReplyDeleteWould gasoline put out the fire about the same?
What is most effective?
Lemme guess, the driver ran through a salt water contaminated puddle caused by all of the atmospheric rivers that have been hitting CA in the last couple weeks.
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As I understand it once a lithium battery, a bunch of lithium cells all crammed into smallest practical space, is well and truly self destructing no amount of water will stop it. All those kWh pumped into the battery during charging gotta go somewhere. Like any propellant, the battery contains all it needs to self destruct once it is above certain temperature, around 70C, and in the process produce a lot of heat to maybe get nearby batteries going.
ReplyDeleteSee the ship load of over 3500 luxury German EVs which sunk .
All you can do is keep the space around the self destructing battery cool so that the heat will not cause other stuff to burn.
And be sure not to breathe any of gases and smoke given off.