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I've always wondered about this. It seems like it would be quite common that someone would throw away a Li-ion battery. In garbage trucks that compact garbage (
by sumy23 4y ago
I've always wondered about this. It seems like it would be quite common that someone would throw away a Li-ion battery. In garbage trucks that compact garbage (all of them?), it would be easy to damage the battery and cause a fire. On the other hand, there might not be a lot of oxygen in the compressed garbage to sustain the fire.
- Scoundreller 4y agoI think standard procedure for garbage trucks is to dump the load over a long area when this happens. There’s probably thermal detectors in the bin that let them know pretty quick that something is up.
- dangrossman 4y agoLithium battery fires are extra dangerous because they produce their own oxygen, so they do not need an external oxygen source, and can even continue burning when completely submerged in water.