NFPA Journal - Summer 2021 - 84

Firewatch
Vehicle
FLORIDA
Two die and one injured in crash and
fire involving electric vehicle
Firefighters were dispatched at 6:46
p.m. by reports of a motor vehicle crash
with entrapment and possible fire.
Arriving crews found a heavily damaged vehicle that was fully involved
with fire. Crews positioned their
apparatus to block roadway traffic and
requested an additional engine and
ladder.
Medical crews began treating an
injured patient who was located on the
sidewalk and subsequently transported
to a local medical center.
Crews noted that the vehicle was
an electric car and that fire was concentrated in the engine area. After
experiencing difficulty extinguishing a
battery underneath the car, crews were

able to complete extinguishment with a
water and foam mixture.
Crews determined that two occupants of the vehicle were deceased and
assisted a county coroner in extricating
the victims.
A towing service began to load the
vehicle onto a flat-bed truck following
the removal of the victims, but the vehicle's battery began to spark and again
caught fire, and crews again utilized
foam and water to extinguish the fire.
Damage was estimated at $50,000.

Manufacturing
WISCONSIN
Static electricity ignites fire at
manufacturing facility
An automatic sprinkler system controlled an early evening fire at a large
manufacturing facility before firefighters arrived to complete extinguishment.

Firefighters were dispatched to the
scene by a central station alarm at 6 p.m.
Smoke was visible from overhead doors
at the front of a single-story complex,
and an engine company subsequently
reported a working fire inside the
building towards the rear.
All building occupants were accounted
for and no injuries were reported.
Crews established a water supply
from a nearby hydrant and additional
resources were requested due to the
large fire potential and size of the
facility. Crews entered the facility and
extinguished a substantial fire, but
reports indicated that the fire was
mainly controlled by the facility's sprinkler system.
Following extinguishment, crews
set up ventilation equipment to clear
smoke from the structure and tested
the air quality for the presence of flammable vapors. Sewer mats and booms
were deployed to control water runoff
into a nearby channel.

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