Daily Dispatch: National News
- Ohio fire departments prepare for electric car battery fires; can take 10 times more water to put out than gas engines June 23, 2021VIDEO: New warnings from federal regulators have local fire departments rethinking their approach to electric car battery fires. The National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA) has trained about 250,000 first responders, but there are 1.2 million firefighters nationwide. The lithium-ion batteries found in these cars burn differently than combustible engine fires. - PUB DATE: 6/23/2021 12:00:00 […]