Luton airport car park fire - started in an ICE car

[Col Lamb]

My local JLR Dealership last Easter.

[2japs]

My local independent that looks after my 928 had a fire the other day

If you can’t work out what the picture is of then I have put the detail below too.

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Apparently a Taycan at this Porsche workshop near Chelwood Gate caught alight at 4am was put out by 7am by the fire brigade. Caught fire again at 9am and was put out again and then caught fire again at 12pm and was put out for a third time. The pic of the car out side is what remains of it. They are very hard to extinguish once they get going.

I feel sorry for the owner of what was a nice looking 911 targa that the Taycan took out with it

[Pivot]

My local independent that looks after my 928 had a fire the other day

If you can’t work out what the picture is of then I have put the detail below too.

IMG_1259.jpegIMG_1260.jpegIMG_1261.jpeg



Apparently a Taycan at this Porsche workshop near Chelwood Gate caught alight at 4am was put out by 7am by the fire brigade. Caught fire again at 9am and was put out again and then caught fire again at 12pm and was put out for a third time. The pic of the car out side is what remains of it. They are very hard to extinguish once they get going.

I feel sorry for the owner of what was a nice looking 911 targa that the Taycan took out with it

Ditto, all collateral damage is rather distressing.

[Wing Commander]

My local independent that looks after my 928 had a fire the other day.

Apparently a Taycan at this Porsche workshop near Chelwood Gate caught alight at 4am was put out by 7am by the fire brigade. Caught fire again at 9am and was put out again and then caught fire again at 12pm and was put out for a third time. The pic of the car out side is what remains of it. They are very hard to extinguish once they get going.

Bloody hell!

[MikeM]

Once the battery is compromised BEV’s will continue to ignite until it is fully discharged. Foam is of little use as doesn’t smother it, it has to be rapidly cooled by water and a tender doesn’t carry enough to do the job. The only current successful method is to cover completely under a fire blanket or immerse fully under water and Wait…… That’s Days not Hours

[wab172uk]

My local JLR Dealership last Easter.

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Sooner we ban those Diesel cars the sooner these fires will stop.

[Neil1911]

Sooner we ban those Diesel cars the sooner these fire will stop.

In the meantime can we get our cars serviced on "EV free days" at the OPC?

[Skyway]

Once the battery is compromised BEV’s will continue to ignite until it is fully discharged. Foam is of little use as doesn’t smother it, it has to be rapidly cooled by water and a tender doesn’t carry enough to do the job. The only current successful method is to cover completely under a fire blanket or immerse fully under water and Wait…… That’s Days not Hours

Yeah, I believe all the EVs on that stricken ship were dipped in a huge bath of water. The batteries were still smoldering some 9 days later!

[neilj007]

and Melksham JLR couple of years ago...

[MikeM]

Interesting to see this BEV fire on the BBC from “Texas” must be a slow news day or maybe BEV fires gaining more attention

Watch: Firefighters tackle raging Texas Tesla fire https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-67389134