Flooded Electric Vehicles Spontaneously Catch On Fire In Florida After Hurricane

It is becoming excessively clear that the state's fire departments are ill-prepared to deal with lithium battery fires. This was realized after flooded electric vehicles spontaneously caught fire in Florida after hurricane.

Jimmy Patronis, Florida's chief financial officer and fire marshal, said that "there's a ton of EVs disabled from Ian. As those batteries corrode, fires start."

Patronis posted on Thursday that after Hurricane Ian made landfall last week and devastated parts of his...

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