Električni Jaguar I-Pace zapalio se u garaži porodične kuće tokom punjenja.
Protivpožarni alarm u jednoj kući u Koloradu uključio se 10. januara u 7:40 ujutro.
Kuća se ubrzo napunila dimom koji je dolazio iz garaže. Jedan od porodičnih automobila, električni Jaguar I-Pace iz 2019. godine, zapalio se tokom punjenja.
Kada su vatrogasci stigli na lice mesta, primijetili su vatru u garaži i veliku količinu dima koji kulja napolje. Ekipa je prvo preduzela mjere da spriječi širenje požara na kuću. Srećom, porodica je napustila svoj dom bez posljedica.
Zapaljeni Jaguar I-Pace izvučen je iz garaže na prilazni put uz pomoć Forda F-150 i pokriven posebnim prekrivačem nakon što su vatrogasci uočili da litijum-jonska baterija i dalje gori i predstavlja veliku opasnost.
Pored požara, cilj je bio i zaustavljanje toksičnih gasova iz baterije. U garaži je bio i hibridni automobil Hyundai Tucson, koji je takođe pretrpio štetu od požara. Vatrogasci su ga iz predostrožnosti pokrili vatrogasnim pokrivačem kako bi izbjegli moguće zapaljenje baterije.
Oba vozila su utovarena na kamion i odvezena do obližnje deponije gdje će ostati dok se opasnost od požara ne smanji.
Vatrogasni pokrivač koji su koristili vatrogasci je inovativna metoda za gašenje požara električnih vozila. Tokom požara se inače koriste velike količine vode, a postoji i rizik od zagađenja životne sredine zbog hemijskih elemenata od kojih se sastoji baterija.
Ponekad se zapaljeno električno vozilo potapa u rezervoar sa vodom kako bi se osiguralo da se zapaljena baterija električnog automobila ne rasplamsa i kako bi se ohladila.
Revolucionarni prekrivač je težak 28 kilograma, a za postavljanje preko vozila potrebno je četvoro ljudi. Vatra se gasi tako što se prekida dovod kiseonika u bateriju.
Takvi prekrivači koji se koriste kao sredstvo za suzbijanje i ublažavanje požara, mogu da koštaju između 3.000 i 5.000 dolara, u zavisnosti od njihove veličine.
Nema dokaza da će se električni automobili zapaliti češće od automobila na benzin i dizel. Ali požari na električnim vozilima su opasniji i gase se različitim taktikama i tehnikama u odnosu na one na vozilima sa unutrašnjim sagorevanjem.
The electric Jaguar I-Pace caught fire in the garage of a family home while charging.
A fire alarm in a house in Colorado went off on January 10 at 7:40 am. The house was soon filled with smoke coming from the garage. One of the family cars, the 2019 electric Jaguar I-Pace, caught fire while charging.
When firefighters arrived at the scene, they noticed a fire in the garage and a large amount of smoke billowing out. The team first took measures to prevent the fire from spreading to the house. Fortunately, the family left their home without consequences.
The burning Jaguar I-Pace was pulled out of the garage onto the driveway with the help of a Ford F-150 and covered with a special blanket after the firefighters noticed that the lithium-ion battery was still burning and posed a great danger.
In addition to the fire, the goal was also to stop the toxic gases from the battery. There was also a Hyundai Tucson hybrid car in the garage, which also suffered damage from the fire. As a precaution, the firefighters covered it with a fire blanket to avoid possible battery ignition.
Both vehicles were loaded onto a truck and taken to a nearby landfill, where they will remain until the fire hazard is reduced.
The fire blanket used by the firefighters is an innovative method for extinguishing fires in electric vehicles. Large amounts of water are usually used during fires, and there is a risk of environmental pollution due to the chemical elements that make up the battery.
Sometimes, a burning electric vehicle is submerged in a water tank to ensure that the burning battery of the electric car does not flare up and to cool it down.
The revolutionary blanket weighs 28 kilograms, and four people are needed to place it over the vehicle. The fire is extinguished by cutting off the supply of oxygen to the battery.
Such blankets used as a means of suppressing and mitigating fires, can cost between 3,000 and 5,000 dollars, depending on their size.
There is no evidence that electric cars will catch fire more often than gasoline and diesel cars. However, fires in electric vehicles are more dangerous and are extinguished with different tactics and techniques than those in internal combustion engine vehicles.
