He’d been fighting fires since 1989 ... Fires such as one at an Illinois Rivian plant in 2024, where one EV caught fire and approximately 50 cars parked nearby ended up burning.

One piece of battery safety is designing EV packs and large stationary storage arrays so that fires can be slowed down and isolated when they do occur. There have been major improvements in fire ...

Firefighters in Granite Falls, Washington are celebrating after they used an EV fire blanket to help extinguish a blaze.

Electric vehicles are constructed differently than traditional cars, which means they don't burn the same way.

When crews arrived, they immediately put an EV-specific fire blanket over the car and used straps to keep it in place.

There is currently some debate in the firefighting community over whether it’s better to try to put an EV battery fire out with water or to just let it burn. Research like this means the ...

“When we arrived, we actually found fire in the wood chips around the EV chargers in the southeast corner of the parking lot, ...

Physical safeguards, new battery chemistry and improved software can help make dangerous fires even more rare. The automaker ...

An electric vehicle battery fire is unlike a regular fire, and controlling an EV fire takes special equipment, such as EV ...

Chesterfield County Fire Department began adapting its procedures in 2020 due to the distinct difficulties posed by EV battery fires. "Everything with an electric vehicle is just different," said ...