A deadly Coquitlam Tesla blaze took no extra effort to douse, according to fire and rescue chief Jim Ogloff.Ogloff was responding to questions in light of concerns raised around putting out Tesla b…
A deadly Coquitlam Tesla blaze took no extra effort to douse, according to fire and rescue chief Jim Ogloff.
“It was a single vehicle accident, the car hit a lamppost at what we were advised was likely at a very high speed,” Ogloff said. “The impact of the car was such that it split the casing of the battery. In terms of extinguishment they put the car fire out, but the battery cells retained heat so it was puffing smoke and continued to puff smoke.”
“They have some tools in the tool box before they approach a vehicle fire,” he said, adding that in this case firefighters used foam to douse the blaze. As a result, emergency responders are being given special battery-related fire training. According to the report, one of the first things responders learn is never to cut orange cable which carries the high-voltage wires needed in electric vehicles.
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