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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 w
by 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.