On 2025-04-24 21:54:42 +0000, Gordon said:
On 2025-04-24, Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:
https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360665515/smoke-seen-rising-fire-aucklands-north-shore
It is not a small fire, see the photos.
How much of this fire can be attributed a few EV batteries?
Wonder if the neighbours are happy to have these dangerous goods next to
them.
A follow up
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/559021/fire-crews-work-overnight-to-contain-major-fire-at-recycling-plant
" Incident controller Steven Callagher said several large buildings were damaged in the fire and a lot of toxic substances have been released as
a result, due to the presence of lithium iron batteries on the facility."
That explosion shown in the video is not a small blast. My money is on a lithium iron battery pack doing a thermal runaway.
It was fortunate that on one was killed.
Nothing to do with EV batteries. The fire was at the Abilities
recycling depot for electronics, so the batteries were lots of the
smaller ones from devices like laptops, mobile phones, etc.
We got two ridiculous screaming mobile phone emergency alerts about
three hours apart, even though we're miles away from the Glenfield area
(at least 15mins drive away in quiet traffic and catching no red
traffic lights).
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