KCRA.<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cWe\u2019ve never had anyone off related to any type of lithium-ion battery fire. This is the first,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Sylvia explained that the firefighters weren\u2019t wearing SCBA because the fire was out and they were in cleanup mode. He now urges crews to stay on air while on the scene of electric vehicle battery fires.<\/p>\n
\u201cA very low-lying white cloud, as it was described by those members, came across them. They immediately had a metallic taste in their mouth. One of the chemicals in those batteries, once it hits water, it turns to an acid. Once you split that series (of batteries), that\u2019s when it becomes dangerous, because it can short-circuit and get into that thermal runaway and become very unpredictable on its own.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThese EVs are something that is new to us. We really need to look at what the best practice on fighting these fires and not becoming a victim ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n
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