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 state, a number of electric vehicles (EVs) were stranded, batteries were waterlogged, and others burst into flames spontaneously.

He said, "that's a new challenge that our firefighters haven't faced before. At least on this kind of scale."

"It takes special training and understanding of EVs to ensure these fires are put out quickly and safely," he continued in another tweet. "Thanks to [North Collier Fire Rescue] for their hard work."

Patronis shared a video of firefighters in Naples s...

Limited Time

Full Access

$10
Monthly

Included:

  • Access to All Articles.
  • One Plan. No Tiers.
  • No Ads.
  • Cancel anytime.
register now

 
Do you have a tip or sensitive material to share with GGI? Are you a journalist, researcher or independent blogger and want to write for us? You can reach us at [email protected].