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Old 10-08-2022, 07:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Berwin View Post
Just like fire and rescue leaned how to rescue people from cars with side airbags, they have leaned how to fight a fire caused by an EV's battery. This has been known for several years so not a new problem. Any fire department that doesn't know how to deal with a battery fire at this point needs an increase in its training budget.
Yes they know how to do it but if you read the article it said this:

"It's kind of changed the game for us, [normally] we can use ultra high pressure and put a car fire out in about 19 seconds," said Raymond Reynolds, director of fire and EMS for Nevada Public Safety. "Well, with an EV car, we're looking at four hours and up to 30,000 gallons of water."