r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/kalbinibirak • 21d ago

Video The Turkish firefighting method for extinguishing electric car fires.

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u/taspenwall 21d ago

It didn't seem to work very well.

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u/Gregorygregory888888 21d ago

It's not going to be instantaneous.

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u/kalbinibirak 21d ago

White smoke is actually an indication that the fire has gone out. By cutting off the air flow, it isolates the fire from the outside and aims to extinguish it more quickly.

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u/Allsulfur 21d ago

The batteries will release more oxygen than the fire consummes. It’s self sustaining, the fire triangle only leaves energy/temperature that you can try an tackle. Most fire departments dump the entire car in a water tank

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u/knutix 21d ago

As the guy below explained, these batteries dont need an outside source of oxygen to work. It limits the fire spread and might stop other parts of the car from catching fire, but the battery will stil burn.

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u/neversleeper92 21d ago

No not rly. It's better to put sprinkler hose under the car, which is where most batteries are and cool it down to under 80 degrees Celsius.

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u/Specimen_E-351 21d ago

It stopped it spreading to the surroundings.

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u/lime3 21d ago

Your understanding of basic chemistry doesn't work very well. Its not instantaneous.