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Title: Lithium-ion batteries are fueling the fire on a burning cargo ship full of Porsches
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Quartz via Yahoo
URL Source: https://finance.yahoo.com/m/89f92b5 ... lithium-ion-batteries-are.html
Published: Feb 21, 2022
Author: Aurora Almendral
Post Date: 2022-02-21 13:36:46 by Dakmar
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Views: 158
Comments: 3
The cargo ship Felicity Ace is aflame from bow to stern with a lithium-ion battery fire that can’t be put out with water alone. The ship left Germany on Feb. 10 and headed for the US with about 4,000 Porsches, Bentleys and other luxury cars aboard, and some of those were electric vehicles. It’s not clear if the batteries contributed to the fire starting in the first place—a greasy rag in a lubricant-slicked engine room or a fuel leak are the usual suspects in ship fires—but the batteries are keeping the flames going now. Click for Full Text!
Poster Comment:
Quick, smother the fire with Democrats!
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