Fully Involved Tesla EV Car Fire in Stamford, CT

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  • čas přidán 14. 09. 2022
  • This fire occurred on September 15, 2022, just before noon. The address was 1132 E Main Street. This is a longer video and is shared for training purposes. We are all trying to learn how to handle these types of incidents.‪@stamfordfiredepartment6344‬
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Komentáře • 79

  • @MrBigTexFyre
    @MrBigTexFyre Před rokem

    As a fellow fire fighter I want to say you guys did an excellent job. And for anyone else reading this Tesla now recommends protecting exposures and letting it burn.

  • @phillyphil1513
    @phillyphil1513 Před rokem +1

    good work Stamford CT. 👍now keep in mind everyone of the date, this fire is Sept 15 but Hurricane Ian didn't slam into Ft Myers until Sept 28. so we can't say this is a "flood car" or "saltwater intrusion" (per the recent GMA report 10-19-22) at least not from that particular storm because of course that event hadn't even happened yet. this Tesla is burning for the same reasons as the Samsung Note 7, those exploding Vape Pens, and the once grounded fleet of JAL Boeing 787's.

  • @jameskimberly175
    @jameskimberly175 Před rokem

    Bridgehill and other companies make blankets now that work really well on these types of EV Fires

  • @MrRChitty
    @MrRChitty Před rokem +5

    Tesla recommends to consider letting it burn. NTSB has a chart and few of the manufacturers recommend letting it burn. There are 16 modules with 444 18650 series lithium ion batteries for a total of approximately 7100. They're packed tightly together under the car, under cover, protected from salt, water and dirt. When a cell fails, it propagates to the next cell until they completely burn out. Letting it burn speeds the process. Attempting to extinguish slows or delays the inevitable. Good attempt. Thanks for the video.

    • @infowazz
      @infowazz Před rokem

      totally makes sense. especially when there is nothing around it to catch fire.

    • @mkgriff1492
      @mkgriff1492 Před rokem +1

      Letting it burn is also extremely toxic. It's not really an option in a residential neighborhood. Everyone should be wearing a respiratory also.

    • @phillyphil1513
      @phillyphil1513 Před rokem +1

      that's a very similar approach Firefighters are forced to take in regards to structures with Solar arrays on the roof, they have to let it burn since there's no reliable way to ensure voltage isn't present once damage has been incurred.
      on the flip side I DO see the HAZ MAT conundrum in regards to letting a BEV fire burn. this is likely the same conundrum the First Responders had to face out in AZ dealing with the 2 massive fires at Gruber Motors (fan boys think nobody remembers that shit but i do).
      in the end really the disaster is "self-determing" because of the great difficulty of extinguishing Lion. analogous to fighting Western Wildfires the strategy (for better or worse) devolves down to mere CONTAINMENT while the blaze "runs it's course" and uses up all it's fuel.

    • @gtbproductions1
      @gtbproductions1 Před rokem

      @@mkgriff1492 People can shelter in place with doors and windows closed or move to a safer area. Trying to drown it with water places all kinds of harmful and toxic chemicals into the water where they don't easily dilute as in the air

  • @MrNikitir
    @MrNikitir Před rokem

    When did this happen?

  • @anthonymartinka7712
    @anthonymartinka7712 Před rokem +6

    Imagine that in a parking garage or worse yet your garage.

    • @LukeL007
      @LukeL007 Před rokem +1

      Imagine an underground parking garage below a hospital or other location that is almost impossible to evacuate.

  • @joaquinmunozbuzon3478

    El Futuro!

  • @Julio-su2gc
    @Julio-su2gc Před rokem

    Apenas se gastó agua...que locura los coches eléctricos 🤦🏻‍♂️

  • @andyneipert2527
    @andyneipert2527 Před rokem +1

    Thay need sum foam on this car fire

  • @djphantom6975
    @djphantom6975 Před rokem

    Shove a water curtain under it next time and just let it run!

  • @johnpentony
    @johnpentony Před rokem

    What a waste of resources.

  • @charlesschulz8416
    @charlesschulz8416 Před rokem

    Atleast with a ice vehicle fire can be exstinguished quick nah you can have your electric crematorium on wheels

  • @papalegba6796
    @papalegba6796 Před rokem +5

    Safest car in the world lol.

    • @shortshortscoin3473
      @shortshortscoin3473 Před rokem +1

      Safest car to die in. 47 humans got cremated up to now in fiery crashes in these modern Pintos!

    • @papalegba6796
      @papalegba6796 Před rokem

      I was joking, I know they're deathtraps.

  • @SKRATCH1988
    @SKRATCH1988 Před rokem

    Should be spraying the water into the car not under it...

    • @SiriusPhil
      @SiriusPhil Před rokem

      In this model, the batteries drop onto the ground and are UNDER the car

    • @jameskimberly175
      @jameskimberly175 Před rokem

      @@SiriusPhil Exactly

  • @egrab
    @egrab Před rokem +2

    It's crazy how many of these teslas catch fire

    • @papalegba6796
      @papalegba6796 Před rokem +1

      Not crazy when you know how badly made they are.

    • @sknewytboy
      @sknewytboy Před rokem +2

      The number of non-electric cars that catch on fire every day will really blow your mind!

  • @shortshortscoin3473
    @shortshortscoin3473 Před rokem +1

    15 Tesla fires in July, 15 in August, and 9 in Sept. already! The 'Pinto of the century' sets new records?

    • @SiriusPhil
      @SiriusPhil Před rokem +1

      Interesting... where are your numbers coming from?

    • @shortshortscoin3473
      @shortshortscoin3473 Před rokem

      @@SiriusPhil I have an excel list. with >> 300 entries.

    • @SiriusPhil
      @SiriusPhil Před rokem

      @@shortshortscoin3473 thanks for sharing the info

    • @18837dc
      @18837dc Před rokem +1

      @@shortshortscoin3473 same question applies, where are you getting your numbers from?

  • @sandy6427
    @sandy6427 Před rokem

    No thank you, see this all to often.😳

  • @basspig
    @basspig Před rokem +5

    And to think there are homeowners with Tesla Power Walls attached to their homes. Sheer madness.

    • @debrahandel4923
      @debrahandel4923 Před rokem +1

      EV cars go on fire 1/10th the amount that gas cars do. Get educated.

    • @debrahandel4923
      @debrahandel4923 Před rokem

      Do you light candles at home or have high powered wires attached to your house?

    • @basspig
      @basspig Před rokem

      @@debrahandel4923 true, but it takes 10 times as much water to put out an EV fire compared to a gasser.

    • @basspig
      @basspig Před rokem

      @@debrahandel4923 my house is powered entirely by solar panels and the proven safe LifePo 4 battery bank and inverter.

    • @debrahandel4923
      @debrahandel4923 Před rokem

      @@basspig I believe the power walls have been proven very safe as well. Have had my solar since 2008 and my power walls since 2018.

  • @microtransactions2661

    Probably intentional nobody in it fortunately.

  • @rexracer7192
    @rexracer7192 Před rokem +2

    Why are they spraying water at high voltage; are they dummies or something???? They'll need too pile a mountain of dirt on the car too smother the fire. Where's the dump truck??They must not realize all that water on the ground is contaminated from the chemicals in the battery; they're creating more hazardous situation.

    • @FINALRAGE44
      @FINALRAGE44 Před rokem +1

      Because EV fires require copious amounts of water. Or you could just stand there and let it burn itself out after 4 hours. Smothering the fire wouldn't do anything as the battery probably has an oxidizer

    • @JimWhitaker
      @JimWhitaker Před rokem

      Because they are brighter than you and know that the high voltage is not in the battery pack, it si produced as required in an inverter and also they know that water is not a good conductor electricity..

    • @18837dc
      @18837dc Před rokem

      Copius amounts of water is the correct agent to try and stop thermal runaway. The cells need to be cooled. The problem here is getting thr water to the cells that need to be cooled.

    • @mkgriff1492
      @mkgriff1492 Před rokem +2

      The smoke is toxic they are doing their best. It's Telsa responsibility to help to give these fire departments training manuals on how to properly put out these fires because it's the toxic smoke in a neighborhood that is a huge issue. These guys are doing their best and using a standard method to put out car fires.

  • @ZoneTelevision
    @ZoneTelevision Před rokem

    "Protect the Environment they said" ..., "you're saving the planet they said" These things are a ticking time-bombs.

  • @ronsrailroad7176
    @ronsrailroad7176 Před rokem +1

    Oh is this saving the environment?

  • @citizen240
    @citizen240 Před rokem +3

    Lithium battery
    Li + H2O = LiOH + H2
    Water in contact with lithium produces hydrogen, which burns.
    A couple hundred pounds of sand probably would have put out this fire in two or three minutes, or less.
    But I do suppose that these days it’s tough to carry hundreds of pounds of sand on every fire truck, just in case you happen to get called out to fight an EV fire. In the future, though …

    • @lannk66
      @lannk66 Před rokem +3

      Lithium ion. Not lithium metal. Big difference.

    • @jlit6428
      @jlit6428 Před rokem

      I was wondering the same thing. There has to be different to over come such fires.

    • @scottner
      @scottner Před rokem

      Couldn't foam extinguish such a fire?

    • @danreilly8678
      @danreilly8678 Před rokem +3

      That chemistry equation isn’t balanced. -10pts

    • @jbrenenstuhl6073
      @jbrenenstuhl6073 Před rokem

      No foam recommended by mfg

  • @Kybo211
    @Kybo211 Před rokem +2

    A waste of a lot of good drinking water

    • @rexracer7192
      @rexracer7192 Před rokem

      And too think,,, dirt or sand would've smothered this fire instantly.

    • @JimWhitaker
      @JimWhitaker Před rokem +1

      @@rexracer7192 Not they would not.

    • @18837dc
      @18837dc Před rokem

      @@rexracer7192 it will not stop the problem of thermal runaway, it would just mask the problem for a little while.

  • @martincvitkovich724
    @martincvitkovich724 Před rokem +1

    Save the Earth: Ban EV's