RE:RE:RE:Another Transport Ship carrying EVs Ablaze, 1 deadztransforms173 wrote:
- it is WELL KNOWN that LITHIUM-ION batteries are a DANGEROUS FIRE HAZARD especially if the ambient temperature is GREATER than 40 degrees Celsius and/or if the individual power cells are RUPTURED or DAMAGED
- also, lithium-ion battery fires are NOTORIOUSLY DIFFICULT to PUT OUT due to their THERMAL RUNAWAY and are VERY TOXIC to humans
- INTELLIGENT fire fighters will NOT RISK themselves to these type of fires so that it is VERY UNLIKELY that they will SUPPRESS the fire but will LET IT BURN OUT
z173
correct me if i'm wrong, lithium battery (except small ones inside passenger's smartphone/laptop) is still not allowed to be transported by airliners.