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Burning Tesla extinguished with 11 tons of water (German) https://tirol.orf.at/stories/3015765/ https://tirol.orf.at/stories/3015765/

• Kuinox 7y ago
  Lithium react with water, pouring water on it will lower the temperature, but you can't stop a lithium fire with water, you need to wait that your pile of lithium burn.
  • mlindner 7y ago
    In battery fires the lithium is not burning, the electrolyte is. By dumping water on it you simply heat up the lithium causing the fire to continue. You don't want to use water on a battery fire. You want to use smothering agents that block off oxygen so that the liberated gas put off by the heated electrolyte doesn't ignite.
    • Symbiote 7y ago
      Batteries do not contain lithium, they contain lithium compounds. Fires should be doused with lots of water. https://www.tesla.com/en_GB/firstresponders?redirect=no https://www.tesla.com/en_GB/firstresponders?redirect=no
      • Kuinox 7y ago
        Thanks, will sleep less stupid.
• mlindner 7y ago
  By putting water on it they made the fire last longer. That just shows the fire crews need better training on how to handle electric vehicle fires. This is not unique to Tesla. You don't use water, you use non-flammable non-water-based suppressants.
  • Symbiote 7y ago
    You use water. That is the official advice from Tesla. https://www.tesla.com/en_GB/firstresponders?redirect=no https://www.tesla.com/en_GB/firstresponders?redirect=no
    • olivermarks 7y ago
      Worth watching these videos in case you are ever in a life or death situation with an EV https://youtu.be/2X_WorH4pUw https://youtu.be/2X_WorH4pUw