To Die in New Jersey

[Jolly]

One ship, 5000 cars, two dead firemen...

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/us/2-new-jersey-firefighters-died-battling-a-blaze-deep-in-a-ship-carrying-5000-cars/ar-AA1dvNc5

[taiwan_girl]

Wonder if this had any electric cars and the difficulty in fighting battery fires.

[Jolly]

Don't know. It's hard enough to fight fire on a ship without battery fires.

Good question.

[Axtremus]

Is battery fire harder to fight than gasoline fire?

[taiwan_girl]

@Axtremus said in To Die in New Jersey:

Is battery fire harder to fight than gasoline fire?

"However, when fires do occur, electric vehicles with lithium ion batteries burn hotter, faster and require far more water to reach final extinguishment, Sutcliffe says. And the batteries can re-ignite hours or even days after the fire is initially controlled, leaving salvage yards, repair shops and others at risk."