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Firefighters responded to a Tesla fire in Bethalto, Illinois on Sunday, forcing crews to shut down a highway for nearly three hours to prevent further problems caused by hazardous materials, according to reports.
The Alton Telegraph in Alton, Ill., reported Sunday that a Tesla vehicle was traveling north on Route 255 in Bethalto when the fire broke out around noon, forcing it to stop near Airline Drive. Ta.
The people inside the vehicle escaped safely and Bethalto Fire Department personnel were called to the scene.
When firefighters arrived, they found a lithium-ion battery burning under the electric car, the paper said.
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Needing more water to extinguish the fire, the fire department requested assistance from the Rosewood Heights and Meadowbrook fire departments. The department also requested a tanker truck and the Madison County Hazardous Materials Team to respond to the scene.
The newspaper reported that officials at the scene said the car was moving at the time of the fire, adding that the battery had reached so-called “thermal runaway,” a condition in which the energy released from the fire causes its temperature output to rise.
In August 2023, Verisk Analytics, Inc., a data analysis and risk assessment report, found that while electric vehicles may not catch fire as often as those with internal combustion engines, EV battery fires are more likely than those with internal combustion engines. also reported that it can burn at temperatures up to 1,000 degrees Celsius. fire.
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“This means that if an EV catches fire, it can pose a significant danger to other objects in the surrounding area, including other EVs and cars in the parking lot, as well as nearby buildings,” Berisk wrote.
The company also said EV fires can reignite within minutes, hours, days or even weeks after the initial fire is extinguished.
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However, among these issues, Verisk also reported that EV battery fires can leak toxic chemicals and fumes into the surrounding environment through air or water spills.
Fire departments across the country are relatively new to the challenges posed by EV battery fires.
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The newspaper said crews were able to reopen the northbound lanes of Illinois Route 255 about three hours after the car was removed from the scene and taken to a parking lot.
