ICEV & EV Fires ... worldwide

[KhunLA]

Prior Velho, Portugal

While initial reports suggested it started from an electric vehicle, the Civil Protection has not confirmed this

 

https://aviation.direct/en/major-fire-in-parking-garage-near-Lisbon-airport

Edited August 20 by KhunLA

[Georgealbert]

Here is some reading material on the risks and hazards of car park fire. The main problem is not the type of vehicle which starts the fire, it is the poor safety standards of fire protection, sprinklers, etc that is the real reason why car park fires pose a serious danger.

 

Liverpool Waterfront multistorey car park, diesel Range Rover

 

https://www.bafsa.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/bsk-pdf-manager/2018/12/Merseyside-FRS-Car-Park-Report.pdf
 

Cork Car park fire, Opel Zafira B, not EV

https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/cork-shopping-centre-fire-judge-issues-directions-on-liability-issues-1094594.html

Stavanger, Norway car park fire, Opel Zafira diesel

 

https://www.airport-technology.com/news/stavanger-airport-fire-parking-area/?cf-view
 

Luton airport car park fire, Range Rover diesel

 

https://www.bedsfire.gov.uk/news/fire-airport-car-park-started-accidentally

Research into car park fires.

 

https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1805310/FULLTEXT01.pdf

 

Fire safety in car parks latest guidelines

 

https://www.abcb.gov.au/sites/default/files/resources/2024/296877-ABCB-ARUP-Fire-safety-in-carparks.pdf

 

NFPA (National Fire Protection Association) testing (August 2023) found EVs & ICEVs burn at a similar heat, refuting the common misconception that EVs burn hotter than ICEV.

 

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10694-023-01473-w

[Rimmer]

Moved topic from the lounge into the Thailand Motor Discussion

[HighPriority]

For those who are interested in data as opposed to opinion here’s a training group in Australia who specialise in training emergency responders how to deal with ev fires.

https://www.facebook.com/evfiresafeproject

[KhunLA]

On 8/20/2024 at 9:25 AM, KhunLA said:

Prior Velho, Portugal

While initial reports suggested it started from an electric vehicle, the Civil Protection has not confirmed this

 

https://aviation.direct/en/major-fire-in-parking-garage-near-Lisbon-airport

hmm ... will they ever tell what the cause was ... 

 

 

Owned by a 'vehicle collection company' .... hmm

 

I guess if all the cars were insured, and totaled, that would be more profitable pay out that waiting for payment or processing selling once able to 

Edited September 3 by KhunLA

[KhunLA]

EV haters rejoice ...

 

 

[KhunLA]

New shock over Prior Velho car park fire

By  Natasha Donn  - 11th September 2024

 

The Prior Velho car park conflagration, initially blamed on an electric vehicle catching fire; later blamed on a short-circuit in a combustible engine car, has now delivered a new ‘shock’: it was not licensed as a car park. Well over 150 vehicles were destroyed; insurers have been faced with a massive bill, and now it transpires that the owners of the car park were only licensed as a warehouse. Parking on the top floor (where the fire began) was prohibited, says Correio da Manhã. The full story is being aired tonight in an exposé by CMTV at 9.30pm.

 

(source)