Tag: firefighting

EV Fire In South Dakota Turns Car Into Pile Of Smoldering Purple Debris

The battery of an electric vehicle in Vermillion, South Dakota caught fire last week that resulted in the car becoming a pile of smoldering garbage. Last month, The Washington Post identified Tesla’s lithium-ion technology in its car batteries as especially incendiary in light of their use of specific compounds as being “volatile” and “combustible.” This on top… Read More EV Fire In South Dakota Turns Car Into Pile Of Smoldering Purple Debris

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Electric Vehicles Damaged By Hurricane Ian Are Exploding And Causing Fires

Electric vehicles will help people avoid high gas prices or something. Jimmy Patronis is Florida’s Chief Financial Officer in which his office is discharged to perform the duties of a state treasurer, fire and insurance commissioner. According to him, electric vehicles are now a fire hazard in the state of Florida. From Fox News: A… Read More Electric Vehicles Damaged By Hurricane Ian Are Exploding And Causing Fires

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Connecticut Transit Authority Pulls Electric Bus Fleet After Bus Fire

Shortly after state lawmakers bragged about the passage of the Connecticut Clean Air Act, including plans for thousands of electric vehicles to hit the road, one of the state-run electric buses caught fire in Hamden over the weekend. Consequently, Connecticut’s transit authority removed 12 electric buses in its fleet from service. While, as the news… Read More Connecticut Transit Authority Pulls Electric Bus Fleet After Bus Fire

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Huge Fire, Explosion At Oklahoma Natural Gas Plant

This on top of a Texas pipeline exploding 3 days ago. Incidents like this are very concerning, especially with the vast amounts of food manufacturing plants that have experienced fires and explosions since January of last year. PHOTO CREDIT: fire-extinguishing operations after the Texas City refinery explosion – By Chemical safety and hazards investigation board… Read More Huge Fire, Explosion At Oklahoma Natural Gas Plant

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London Inquiry Into Grenfell Tower Fire Ends

A London inquiry has concluded it wasn’t just building managers cutting corners using unsafe materials to renovate the Grenfell Tower, but also the cost of complying with onerous environmental rules geared to reduce carbon emissions. Cheap insulation in green-compliant new cladding helped spread Grenfell Tower blaze that killed 72 Environmental compliance-cost squeeze may have led… Read More London Inquiry Into Grenfell Tower Fire Ends

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California Wildfires Likely to Spread Due to Lightning and Wind Storms

Shortly after Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency, President Donald Trump has declared California a disaster area. This comes after a series of wildfires in the central and northern sections of the state that are burning at historic levels and have incinerated over 1 million acres that are being fueled by a combination of… Read More California Wildfires Likely to Spread Due to Lightning and Wind Storms

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Ryan Zinke (Rightly) Blames Environmentalists For California’s Wildfires

U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke was in California a few days ago to assess the damage done resulting from wildfires that occurred there recently. He correctly laid blame at the feet where it belongs: environmentalists. Thankfully, President Trump also paid the Golden State a visit and Governor Jerry Brown has adopted President Trump and Secretary… Read More Ryan Zinke (Rightly) Blames Environmentalists For California’s Wildfires

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Are Los Angeles wildfires due to environmentalists?

California fire officials say that 50,000 people have been ordered to evacuate and almost 12,000 homes are threatened by up to 5 massive wildfires that broke out in Los Angeles. Since California’s drought ended last year, its possible this is the result of increased vegetation resulting from rains that helped increase vegetation. Think of how… Read More Are Los Angeles wildfires due to environmentalists?

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