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Tesla Cybertruck caught fire after hitting a fire hydrant in bizarre crash (electrek.co)

submitted 2 months ago by kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] hikaru755@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Sand won’t do anything because the fire is self-oxidizing.

From my understanding the recommendation to have a bucket of sand around when handling lithium batteries is not to put the fire out with it, but to have something to throw the battery into that's not gonna catch fire as well, and then to carry the whole bucket somewhere where the battery can just burn out on its own. Is that wrong?

[–] LowtierComputer@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Yes and no. I think.

What I was taught was to dump the battery in the sand and cover it in sand. Then drench with water if possible. This also keeps the now toxic water from reaching a drain.