Shelby Township fire department using giant blanket to fight electric vehicle fires

[@dmead4106]

Just imagine when you get 100,000 at a selvage yard and one starts burning, you'll have 30 acres of toxic fire and smoke that you can't put out.

[@ibsn87]

Last time I checked. When a normal car goes to a salvage yard, you remove the petrol. In this case, someone with half a brain can remove the battery and store it appropriately before placing the car in the yard. Adults can come up with solutions, children stand and complain. Not like salvage yards haven’t been set fire in the past, resulting in 30 acres of toxic smoke 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@dmead4106]

@Jack you have less than half a brain it's not a normal car .it's an electric car, and you just can't remove the battery. That easy. the cost for the savage yard to remove it is much higher than they can get for the savage. Just like the windmill. If you don't think so, look up the mountains of them they have in Denmark. But you just keep drinking the green Kool-Aid

[@tracker001]

And people think the Pinto had issues !

[@mannyechaluce3814]

When everybody starts driving EVs then, the firefighter should have quite a few of these in their fire trucks, about 1000 blankets at least, or more...

[@foreverealm]

Yes. They kept reigniting after Hurricane Ian. The burn temperature is much higher and more dangerous.

[@dmead4106]

So the batteries are so in closed that they have to use a blanket to keep air out. And still they start on fie 3 days later. So you want to put that in your garage . These cars won't last 7 years. if you have to use them every day. The batteries will fail, and their not covered by warranty. 15 to 35,ooo to replace

[@OneShotOkie]

Yep we’re not ready for EVs yet. Just doesn’t make sense forcing that on everyone. But of course they will still try

[@kmarvel]

@@OneShotOkie You have until 2035 to comply.

[@travisjazzbo3490]

There are millions of EVs in the world. Fires are 60 to 1 chance for EV vs ICE. Facts. It is not a big thing. But when it does start, it is in fact hard to put out. They will solve it

[@TheAS687]

I’m not risking spontaneous combustion for a car I’ll keep my lil gasoline engine

[@nothankyou63]

gasoline can spontaneously combust too lol.... static electricity can ignite gasoline...

[@TheAS687]

@@nothankyou63 Gas-powered cars: 1,530 fires per 100,000 sold. Hybrid cars: 3,475 fires per 100,000 There seems to be a large difference just saying

[@KCbuffalo]

@@TheAS687 “National Transportation Safety Board show there were 1529.9 fires per 100,000 sales for gasoline vehicles and just 25.1 fires per 100,000 sales for electric vehicles.” Why lie?

[@imrytebeehyneu]

@@TheAS687i think it's the other way around

[@thehazelnutspread]

I thought it was moronic to put water on a battery fire. I would have thought they'd use foam. Even fire extinguishers are customized to use against different types of fires. Absolutely BASIC. Just like putting a lid on a grease fire pan......ISN"T IT???

[@ohmzen9695]

yeah... I'm disgusted at how dumb our society is. This is common sense... They don't know the difference between a chemical fire and a combustion fire. wtf is wrong with this planet!

[@mannyechaluce3814]

Batteries are self sustaining and creates its own oxygen :D now your electrical outlet fire, the current cuts off as soon as the wire melts its way. Battery fire runs for a very long time, EVs which has thousands of these batteries will stay on fire for days

[@ronaldgartner3700]

Who is paying for these? Tax payers that cant afford an electric car.

[@imrytebeehyneu]

Always thinking up an excuse,huh?

[@TeksTherapy]

500 gallons and a few minutes tp put out a normal car fire vs 30,000 gallons of water (couple swimming pools full worth) to put out an EV fire and that can burn for 4 to 6 hours and then reignite again. Well at least the fire blanket is a step in the right direction 🔥

[@ohmzen9695]

Its Not about the fire burn time and water usage... its about how dumb our society is, thinking a swimming pools worth of water will even do anything to a Chemical fire? wtf.. this is about a globally Failed education system. No one has any basic chemistry knowledge. idiots.. It's amazing..this one fire chief figured this out.

[@marksantoro3334]

So how is this deployed in a 1200 degree garage fire ?

[@josephastier7421]

The blanket does not put out the fire. It contains it so it can't spread. Someone still has to babysit for hours until there is no more heat.

[@peternmi386]

Days, according to the story.

[@josephastier7421]

@@peternmi386 At least nobody burned alive trapped in the car.

[@celtekrider2]

WTF!!!!!! I seriously had a dream about this 2 nights ago!

[@trevormenal8318]

We live in a simulation

[@EddieEd148]

They wanna "Go Green" 🙄 Such a dangerous invention

[@imrytebeehyneu]

ICE cars are also toxic with lead gas.

[@bettycorriher5260]

So how do you get the burning car to a place where it can sit for 2 or 3 days or more, cant leave it in the road?

[@cas343]

Apparently you do.

[@jaykaiser1754]

I bet that fire chief has a lot more to say on this topic

[@ericpham7773]

Trichloride flouride is serious stuff

[@tonistewart1333]

What kind chemical gas is in smoke

[@trevormenal8318]

Lithium

[@wilneal8015]

😮You Name It, It's Probably In There😮👀👎🏴‍☠️😠😈

[@quin2203]

or just don't load a car up with highly volatile elements like lithium ion that are difficult to deal with. Just use liquid methane in place of gasoline. It's already used as a fuel for shipping and some trucking.

[@09impala]

As I said it woudln't take long to addapt. Glad to see some innovation.

[@chavale2]

Ban all EV cars on Road from today; problems solved easy BJRouletteMetals@$33K/3days easymake

[@glenbegin9152]

Who would i contact to buy a fire blanket like that one?

[@Markhope-e3z]

They're toxic... They're not green whatsoever a regular motor car is greening

[@imrytebeehyneu]

If it is, so is your phone

[@Markhope-e3z]

@imrytebeehyneu Go away, you green progressive wacko....

[@NumberOneBrony]

Another reason to hate EVs (as if I needed it)

[@imrytebeehyneu]

There isn't

[@ericpham7773]

BMW electrical engineering can prevent car collision, terrorists , or pedestrian collision all under the screen

[@mannyechaluce3814]

its just to keep fire from spreading and allows the battery to drain out, it takes quite few hours before anyone can take that cover off........................

[@milky-ng9mk]

We gone need more blankets - Gavin Newsom two minutes after banning gas vehicles

[@dee6338]

The Brandon mobile is bound fail I'll keep my chevy truck

[@ToOpen6seven]

WOW!!!

[@w9awx1]

Ok so it works on a car fire but none of these vehicles on fire were EV battery fires.

[@NotALot-xm6gz]

And all the water used for that fire is washing toxic chemicals into the environment.

[@palebluedot747]

Blanket has no effect other than to help contain noxious and highly toxic fumes. The chemical composition of the batteries mean that it produces its own oxygen for combustion. Yes, limiting atmospheric oxygen is one way to help reduce severity but not if it ain't sealed. Firefighters are being asked to attend these fires in some cases without proper protection. These fires can end a career in minutes due to exposure to toxic fumes.

[@robertgreen7430]

Rail derailing now car fires?

[@pictureme0999999]

Right, because this never happened before EV's.

[@jdaz5462]

Oh please, stop spreading ignorance. 1:05 OXYGEN, is NOT the fire's fuel. Oxygen doesn't burn. It's funny that even after having an interview with the fire department, you still got it wrong.

[@hallaloo202]

DO NOT BUY EV. i bought tesla and when it rain my tesla explode killing my entire family. i was lucky to survive lol

[@sbyrstall]

Like we didn't see this coming. It can only get worse.

[@davedave2882]

EV fires I bet that's good for the environment LOL,

[@MH_Bikes]

If Elon was truly a genius he would develop a large bag ... Like the kind used to roast a turkey. Hold the phone, I'm a genius. I'm going to go public with "Turkla" a e-oxygen regulation device that even works under water and in space. 🚀

[@chavale2]

Ban All EV cars by paying back $100 -$130 to each buyer; problems solved as BiDengg has announced Stopping EV cars production last week

[@ericpham7773]

Electric car had energy emissions and the best way is cool it with freezing ice cool battery reduce ability to delivery energy or superconductor DC MRI can control battery molecules turn it into frozen or explosion

[@Cypher791]

I want to see the size of blanket they are going to put over an electric bus… 🚎🔥

[@ohmzen9695]

In the case of an electric bus All you would need is multiple Class C and Class D fire extinguishers. The blanket would not work. The failure is with most ALL fire departments NOT knowing how to put out a chemical fire.. They waste your tax dollars on spraying a swimming pools amount of water on a chemical fire. No common sense. idiots.