• Rivalarrival@lemmy.today
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    1 year ago

    No, they do not spontaneously combust. They just burn differently. They electrolytically produce very large quantities of flammable vapors and oxidizers. Because they are not entirely reliant on atmospheric oxygen, it is extraordinarily difficult to extinguish them.

    It takes 10+ times as much water to extinguish a battery fire as an equivalent petro-fuel fire.