Legal Insurrection by Leslie Eastman May 25, 2024
Community leaders are now questioning the wisdom of building new battery facilities in their areas.We have covered a wide range of stories related to lithium battery fires over the years: In ships, those used in electric bikes, and water-drenched battery fires that occur after hurricanes and floods.
There are many challenges associated with fighting lithium/lithium-ion battery fires. The lithium is water reactive, yet water is often the only fire-fighting option in large enough quantities to fight the blaze. The materials burns at very high temperatures and is prone to re-igniting, which is why it took the fire fighters in Texas 30,000 gallons of water and four hours to extinguish a blaze.
These are facts that have been repressed by climate change activists and their media minions. However, sometimes the fires are just too big to ignore . . . like the one that just occurred in a San Diego area warehouse that smouldered for nearly a week.
The blaze has been a frustrating one for firefighters, given that lithium-ion batteries can sometimes overheat and trigger what’s called “thermal runaway” — a chain reaction in which the condition spreads from one battery to another, especially when they are stacked inside a battery storage facility.
The fire was first reported last Wednesday afternoon. By Thursday, fire officials thought the blaze had been largely extinguished but some of the batteries reignited on Friday evening and continued to flare through the weekend.
About 40 firefighters have kept a close eye on the batteries, monitoring them for excessive heat and drenching the site when puffs of smoke appear.
“We’re monitoring and spraying water when necessary,” said Cornette, who said a standpipe from the building’s sprinkler system poured 350 gallons of water per minute on the site at the height of the fire.
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