Al-Gulf.com

Where a 'regular' fire is a matter of extinguishing and towing, a fire in a car is a much more complicated job. That was confirmed again yesterday when we were called for in a hybrid vehicle in .

Arrived at the scene we found a strong smoke development, which pointed to the battery's thermal runaway '. This creates when the temperature of a battery cell rises considerably. Soon after arrival there were already flames visible. After knocking down the flames, we have refrigerated the vehicle abundantly and placed it in a special container.

After all, a battery that is damaged can catch fire again even after abundant cooling due to a chemical reaction in the battery. To stop this reaction it is necessary to cool the battery for a long time. For this we therefore use a special container in which the vehicle can be immersed for an extended period of time.

The container was placed in a remote parking lot. As soon as the vehicle has completely cooled down, a branch service will remove it from the container and transport it towards scrap dealer. Not for the sake of immersion, but because a car like this is completely destroyed when the battery catches on fire anyway.

There was also some attention for the extinguishing water. After all, it was contaminated and we couldn't just let it run away. It was collected in underground rainwater tanks and will be checked before processing.

Walporzheim 😢