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Re:Two people killed in fiery Tesla crash with no one driving by walshemj on Sunday April 18, 2021 @05:45PM (#26856736)
Up to a point - but knowing you don't pump water onto a battery fire should not be an issue.
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Re:Two people killed in fiery Tesla crash with no one driving by maxerickson on Sunday April 18, 2021 @06:46PM (#26857244)
There's been comments here for hours linking to multiple official sources that say exactly to pump water onto the battery fire.

There's not that much lithium and there is lots and lots of heat.

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Re:Two people killed in fiery Tesla crash with no one driving by heavyset_go on Sunday April 18, 2021 @07:37PM (#26857650)
That's literally what's needed to stop thermal runaway.
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