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[–] invertedspear@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago (4 children)

A fire extinguisher ain’t gonna touch a battery fire. There really isn’t much you can do besides keep things away from it while it burns itself out.

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[–] village604@adultswim.fan 2 points 1 day ago* (3 children)

You can drop the whole thing into a tank of water. Cooling it down is basically the only way to stop an EV fire because it's an exothermic, often self oxidizing reaction.

Fire departments are starting to deploy mobile water containers for it.

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[–] Bad_Ideas_In_Bulk@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Damage to the cells can make them ignite. Fires cause damage. They are known to reignite later.

But at least you can tow them somewhere else to burn.

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