EV battery fires?

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https://www.ttnews.com/articles/first-responders-outline-concerns-ev-battery-fires

From the article:

Michael O’Brian

O’Brian

Michael O’Brian, fire chief of the Brighton Area Fire Authority in the metro Detroit area and IAFC expert on EV batteries, said “the average firefighter at the average fire department, they probably have not been fully trained up” on how to handle EV fires or extricate people from those vehicles.

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