Gladys Posted October 11, 2023 Share Posted October 11, 2023 47 minutes ago, 2bees said: That’s exactly what we were wondering Gladys, was it caused by an EV? Not sure it was an EV, but the reports say the fire brigade was attending a vehicle on fire, and it seems to have spread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted October 11, 2023 Share Posted October 11, 2023 8 hours ago, Gladys said: Huge fire in a car park at Luton airport. Place your bets now. that's what went through my mind when i saw the headline too , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted October 11, 2023 Share Posted October 11, 2023 5 minutes ago, Gladys said: Not sure it was an EV, but the reports say the fire brigade was attending a vehicle on fire, and it seems to have spread. even if it turns out the fire didn't originate in an EV there is a fair chance it has spread to one , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cueey Lewis And The News Posted October 11, 2023 Share Posted October 11, 2023 15 minutes ago, littlebushy said: That sounds an interesting read, do you have a link? It was the actual news bulletin. Haven’t looked online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlebushy Posted October 11, 2023 Share Posted October 11, 2023 4 minutes ago, Cueey Lewis And The News said: It was the actual news bulletin. Haven’t looked online. I will get it on catch up, which radio station or TV news was it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cueey Lewis And The News Posted October 11, 2023 Share Posted October 11, 2023 4 minutes ago, littlebushy said: I will get it on catch up, which radio station or TV news was it? BBC News this morning around 8 ish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emesde Posted October 11, 2023 Share Posted October 11, 2023 One local source is reporting "According to sources from the emergency services, the source of the fire is from the Tesla charge point on the top floor of the car park, where an electric car was left on charge and overheated causing the lithium battery to explode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Phantom Posted October 11, 2023 Share Posted October 11, 2023 Seen another saying a Range Rover was first to go up. They don't do a full EV yet, but do have hybrid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Hedgehog Posted October 11, 2023 Share Posted October 11, 2023 Looks like a Range Rover to me So that is two car parks in the UK destroyed by internal combustion vehicles. Ban then I say 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omobono Posted October 11, 2023 Share Posted October 11, 2023 it will be like the fire in the carpark in Liverpool total meltdown and years before motorists got paid out , I can see a segregated area coming for multi storey carparks with electric vehicles and charging points , that have a water halo system installed in case of fire , all this is happening on a much too frequent basis , just wait for a ferry to go up and see what happens ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bastard Posted October 11, 2023 Share Posted October 11, 2023 I don't get the hysteria from the oldies on this. I know that electricity is a new thing to some of them, never mind EVs, but they are aware that petrol-fuelled vehicles go on fire and kill thousands of people every year ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forestboy Posted October 11, 2023 Share Posted October 11, 2023 1 minute ago, The Bastard said: I don't get the hysteria from the oldies on this. I know that electricity is a new thing to some of them, never mind EVs, but they are aware that petrol-fuelled vehicles go on fire and kill thousands of people every year ? Thousands????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newaccount Posted October 11, 2023 Share Posted October 11, 2023 44 minutes ago, Dave Hedgehog said: Looks like a Range Rover to me So that is two car parks in the UK destroyed by internal combustion vehicles. Ban then I say I think the Liverpool multi storey car park fire was started by a Range Rover as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlebushy Posted October 11, 2023 Share Posted October 11, 2023 1 hour ago, Cueey Lewis And The News said: BBC News this morning around 8 ish. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted October 11, 2023 Share Posted October 11, 2023 Here’s a quote from firefighters on BBC Liam Smith, crew commander at Leighton Buzzard fire station, said that when he arrived, the fire was mainly on the third floor. But it quickly spread down to the lower floors when the third floor started to collapse. He said there were "lots of electric vehicles potentially involved quite early on". "We decided to go defensive, which is basically where we decide to externally firefight rather than send firefighters in, for their safety as well. "The cars were parked very close, next to each other. "So unfortunately that was probably the reason for the rapid fire spread." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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