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E-cars on fire: this is how dangerous the batteries are

Burning electric cars: always an explosive topic

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It's happened again: E-cars are on fire, batteries catch fire again even after being extinguished. A fire in Eibesbrunn (Lower Austria) was probably caused by arson (see video above). Nevertheless, the question arises once again as to what fire hazard batteries really pose. We provide answers.

Shortly after midnight on Thursday, the fire departments around Eibesbrunn were alerted to a fire on a company site in Gewerbestrasse. Twelve electric cars were on fire. The Wolkersdorf volunteer fire department reported a "thermal runaway". The fire had repeatedly flared up in some of the vehicles due to the damaged batteries.