080124 Lithium Batteries and Fire Hazards

The I-15 freeway was shut down near Baker, California for two days following a single vehicle rollover crash involving a semi tractor tractor carrying Lithium Ion batteries. Fire Chief Scott Lewis with Pahrump Valley Fire and Rescue says PVFRS uses F-500 Encapsulator Agent on lithium battery fires which not only cools the fires quickly rendering the liquids non-flammable and non-explosive it encapsules the the toxic gases and is safe for the environment. Here's how you can keep yourself safe from a lithium battery fire.