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‘A Ticking Time Bomb’: Florida Home That Survived Hurricane Burns to the Ground From EV

Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis warned that hurricane-damaged electric vehicles may be “ticking time bombs” as batteries corrode from the saltwater storm surge.

The lithium batteries are not only catching fire but are proving to be a nightmare to put out, burning at extremely high temperatures and often reigniting several times.

As state fire marshal, Patronis is asking for “immediate guidance” from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and help directly from the car manufacturers.

“On October 6th, I joined North Collier Fire Rescue to assess response activities related to Hurricane Ian and saw with my own eyes an EV continuously ignite, and continually reignite, as fireteams doused the vehicle with tens-of-thousands of gallons of water,” he said in a letter to NHTSA last week. “Subsequently, I was informed by the fire department that the vehicle, once again reignited when it was loaded onto the tow truck. Based on my conversations with area firefighters, this is not an isolated incident. As you can appreciate, I am very concerned that we may have a ticking time bomb on our hands.”

In a video posted on social media, Patronis said two homes burned down in one night alone due to an immobilized electric vehicle catching on fire.

Patronis said the gases are also toxic and asked the NHTSA for guidance on whether the gas masks and personal protective equipment firefighters wear adequately protects teams.

 

“We need you to lean forward, partner with us and understand how we can protect our first responders, how we can save people’s homes from burning down, and create a solution to make sure we all get out of this safely and start our recovery process,” he said in the video.

READ 12 COMMENTS
  • Rita says:

    Why are they using water on an electrical fire? Maybe try the appropriate fire extinguisher.

    • Just Me says:

      There is not an appropriate fire extinguisher for those chemicals. Water keeps the fire from spreading and controls the off gassing from the toxic chemicals that are burning. Where does all of that contaminated water end up? In the storm sewers and then ultimately the waterways and the ocean. EV’s are designed to fail much like the clot shot.

  • nana says:

    They were bursting into flames long before the hurricane, dont ever buy one.

  • southersgolfer says:

    Keep buying electric vehicles! This most likely was as stated in the article, a victim of the storm I would think but they do have a tendancy to ignite.

  • Kleber Verraes says:

    God has his own ways of showing the truth… Electric cars are set to become the gravediggers of the globalist’s “Green New Deal” and their sinister woke sect. These ridiculously overpriced cars burn homes down and electricity bills burn their woke owners’ wallets.

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