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Styxhexenhammer666Electric Vehicle Fire
SMFR Responds to Electric Vehicle Fire Inside a Garage
At 7:40 a.m. on Wednesday, January 10, 2024, residents inside a home on S. Mobile St. in Centennial heard their smoke alarms activate and found their house filling smoke. They dialed 911 and quickly discovered an electric vehicle in the garage was engulfed. Thankfully, the residents safely evacuated and were not injured. When Firefighters and Sheriff Deputies arrived, they observed a large volume of smoke pouring from the garage and visible fire under the door. Fire control and primary searches were carried out and crews prevented the fire from extending into the living space of the home.
The Hazardous Materials Team responded to help mitigate the burning EV with a fire blanket. Safety 35’s F-150 was used to pull the burning Jaguar onto the driveway where the blanket could be safely deployed. A hybrid vehicle inside the garage was also damaged, and firefighters used a second EV fire blanket to cover it out of an abundance of caution. After both vehicles were loaded onto tow trucks, Arapahoe County Sheriff and Engine 41 escorted them to a salvage yard in Parker where the smoldering car will be left until the temperature cools and the fire is out.
Fire Investigators determined the fire started in a 2019 Jaguar I-PACE that was charging when the fire occurred. A recall was issued for the I-PACE last year after a battery overheating issue caused fires.
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you know the EV industry are trying to correct it with the sodium batteries, but they are still putting in the lithium ion element in them because the lithium offers more charge cycles, which means this nonsense will never end and the people who buy into it are dumber for falling for the lies again and again.
EVs are soooo good for the environment! LOL! If you have to call out a Haz. Mat. crew for every one of these, the environment if fucked. And look how many firemen had to respond, as well as using 2 of these expensive blankets and tie them up until the car cools down...for how many days? Hand the owner the fucking bill. Let the insurance companies give anyone with an EV a skyrocketed rate. Only an idiot would own one, and only a fool would park it in their garage.
how about they start using foam retardents...
funny how dumb people drive "smart" cars. compensate much?
UK's racetracks are banning battery powered bikes and cars from track days.
They don't even bother to explain why, they simply warn people not to show up with those pyrotechnics devices. Most likely insurance companies are involved.
A battery fire will engulf a vehicle in less than 10 seconds, seen videos that in 3 to 5 seconds, seconds not minutes, the entire car disappear inside a ball of fire. Anyone trapped inside will be incinerated, there's no time to escape.
I was all for this, now I realise this is nothing more than another scam. As usual, if the government is forcing you to do something, it is not good for you.
Oooooooooooooo Electric Car Fire Blanket $3000 - $5000......
AND EV's look like better value every single fire - I mean day...
And the HUGE circus of 10 vehicles taking the wreck that almost burned down the house, to the scrap yard, look like a magnificent investment....
Kind of like a mass grave, after a huge aircraft crash....
That everyone gets to see before they cover up all the bodies, with dirt and a bulldozer.