[RDale]

A Tesla Model S caught fire in Sacramento and according to fire fighters it took 6,000 gallons of water to put the fire out. They shared some information and answered questions about dealing with an EV fire.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1619537787270893569

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1619854479507206144

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1619861479972552704

https://jalopnik.com/it-took-6-000-gallons-of-water-to-extinguish-this-burni-1850048255

 

[Mr. Mazak]

I showed this to my significant other and now she's scared shitless lol.

Let's hope this doesn't become a thing... especially with our Lightnings

 

[SSSJDanny]

Donut Media has a Good Video about why EV Fires are harder to put out how and Firefighters / First Responders are being trained to put out EV Fires.

 

[ChasingCoral]

Donut Media has a Good Video about why EV Fires are harder to put out how and Firefighters / First Responders are being trained to put out EV Fires.

EV fires are not harder to put out, they just require different techniques. There are other threads on this topic here. The best bet is a dunk tank. These are becoming common in european cities where EV adoption is higher than in the US.