“There’s a ton of EVs disabled from Ian. As those batteries corrode, fires start,” Patronis tweeted Thursday. “That’s a new challenge that our firefighters haven’t faced before. At least on this kind of scale. It takes special training and understanding of EVs to ensure these fires are put out quickly and safely,” he continued in a follow-up tweet. “Thanks to [North Collier Fire Rescue] for their hard work.”
Patronis published a video of firefighters in Naples, Florida,
battling a fire started from a Tesla EV’s battery. A bystander is
overheard in the video saying that the crew had used hundreds of gallons
of water attempting to put the fire out....<<<Read More>>>...
