By Free Republic | Created at 2024-10-20 23:33:09 | Updated at 2024-10-21 01:56:40
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Li-Ion electric fire truck on charger burns down German firehouse
Grok! World ^ | 19 Oct 2024 | Steve MacDonald
Posted on 10/20/2024 4:23:28 PM PDT by Paal Gulli
Lithium Powered Emergency Vehicle Burns Down Fire Station
by Steve MacDonald
October 19, 2024
First, and more importantly, no one was injured after a fire in a fire station destroyed over 20 million Euros worth of equipment, including a dozen vehicles. The cause is known—lithium batteries connected to a charger.
AN EV emergency vehicle on charge achieved thermal runaway and took out an entire fire station.
Did I mention that no one was injured in the fire?
There has been no word on the emissions released as a result of the incident. As you know, we are keenly interested in that sort of thing.
On a related note, I’ve been watching Fire Country. Season three just started. I’m in season one, which has an episode in which they extinguished a hybrid car fire with water and ingenuity after it reignited a few times. Sure, yeah. That’s about as clever as the writers for Elementary allowing Sherlock Homes to justify (more than once) the claims used to support the response to global warming. Let’s just say neither stands up to serious scientific scrutiny. EV rescue vehicles appear to fit that template quite well.
Unstable and, depending on the vehicle and expected range and power demands on-site, more virtue signaling that puts lives at risk than actual utility. Lives during a rescue and at the firehouse with no fire alarm system.
Two bad decisions collide—one small step forward pandering to woke environmentalism, several steps backward for public safety. Oh, and let’s not forget the emissions of an entire firehouse full of trucks and equipment, including other lithium battery-powered equipment and large rescue vehicles going up in smoke.
The fire station was brand new, by they way—state of the art.
Author's narrative:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YkfWyj2TiA
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KEYWORDS: lithiumbatteryfire
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Damage estimated at 24 million Euros.
One reason the building was totally destroyed is -- get this -- they saw no reason why a fire house should have a smoke alarm.
Not kidding.
1 posted on 10/20/2024 4:23:28 PM PDT by Paal Gulli
To: Paal Gulli
So many unintended consequences.
2 posted on 10/20/2024 4:24:44 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
The layers of irony look like tree rings.
3 posted on 10/20/2024 4:25:10 PM PDT by Henchster (Free Republic - the BEST site on the web!)
To: Paal Gulli
Definitely a 5-alarm fire.
4 posted on 10/20/2024 4:28:05 PM PDT by Redcitizen
To: Paal Gulli
5 posted on 10/20/2024 4:29:14 PM PDT by xp38
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