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Flight attendants rushed to help and poured a bucket of water on the headphones, but the battery and its cover had both melted and stuck to the floor. http://s
by georgecmu 10y ago
Flight attendants rushed to help and poured a bucket of water on the headphones, but the battery and its cover had both melted and stuck to the floor.
http://spectrumfx.net/blog/lithium-battery-fires-why-not-water http://spectrumfx.net/blog/lithium-battery-fires-why-not-wat...
Probably not a good idea to pour water on an electrical / lithium fire. I expected airplane personnel are now routinely trained to deal with battery fires.
- wfunction 10y agoLithium fire != Lithium-Ion fire
- randyrand 10y agoIf anything, it soaks the surrounding material making it much harder for the fire to spread.
- bahmboo 10y agoIdeally you'd put it in a bucket of water to contain the blobs of liquid hot magma and to generally cool the thing. But who has a bucket of water ready and is willing to handle a flaming device? "the FAA instructs flight attendants to use water or soda pop. Water-based products are most readily available and are appropriate since Li-ion contains very little lithium metal that reacts with water. Water also cools the adjacent area and prevents the fire from spreading. Research laboratories and factories also use water to extinguish Li-ion battery fires. " http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/safety_concerns_with_li_ion http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/safety_concerns_w...