EV-caused fire in Incheon raises concerns about lithium-ion batteries

[Ptarmigan]

EV-caused fire in Incheon raises concerns about lithium-ion batteries
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2024/08/113_379845.html

A blaze caused by an electric vehicle battery that left some 140 cars damaged and 23 people hospitalized in Incheon on Thursday has raised safety concerns about lithium-ion batteries.

According to the Incheon Fire Department, Friday, it took more than eight hours to put out the fire that started following an explosion of what appeared to be a Mercedes-Benz EQE model inside an underground parking lot of an apartment complex in the city’s Cheongna International City.

As a result, 140 vehicles were destroyed or blackened and at least 23 people received hospital treatment for smoke inhalation. With a prolonged power outage caused by the fire, at least 121 people from 46 households were staying in temporary shelters set up at welfare centers near the apartment complex as of Friday morning.

Surveillance footage showed smoke coming out of the vehicle before it suddenly burst into flames. The car was not being charged at the time of the explosion, according to firefighters.

A Mercedes-Benz EV catches fire in a parking lot. The fire destroys 140 cars and 23 people end up in the hospital.

Lithium-ion batteries are dangerous. Putting out lithium-ion fire is difficult.

[DefiantSix]

We were taught as kids that our assorted battery powered toys did not belong in the road.

Apparently, some of us have neglected to retain that life lesson...