Facts
You’re not missing anything. So many describe a fire as an “explosion” because maybe a tire blows from the heat or whatever. It’s quite rare that a vehicle actually explodes like in the movies.
Why does this “not look good” for the lightning? It’s one fire out of how many that are on the road. And we dont know the cause of it yet.This popped up on my news feed. Doesn't look good for the Lightning...
Yes that particular truck is totaled. But the statement sounded more general as if to say all lightnings. At least that’s what I read into it.
When an ICE vehicle catches fire I'd guess it would totaled as well, no?
You speak the truth.
The ICE car fires never had the apocalyptic narrative connected to them like EV's and hybrids have. The real difference is the tactics needed to combat an EV/hybrid fire - no water if the battery is involved and the long amount of time it will take for the battery to burn itself out. Protecting people and property around the EV fire is the same as dealing with an ICE car fire, you'll just be there longer dealing with the EV. EV's are just new and have unfortunate political narratives connected to them so the irrational fear of EV fires will continue until hydrogen powered cars come along to steal the spotlight.Missing nothing. Even on ICE car fires people would freak the eff out about the car exploding. As @astrand1 says, its usually the tires or the gas tank that finally over-pressure and burst. Even when the gas tanks burst, its more of a "WHOOOOSH" than a "BOOM!" There's no mushroom cloud explosion like in every movie ever created. The tires blowing always scared me the most because they're so loud.
Not a fire fighter myself, but I have seen a couple ICE car fires over the years.You speak the truth.
I am going to pull out my "retired firefighter card" now. Every time the "EV's spontaneously burst into flames and kill people" narrative comes up amongst my non-firefighter friends, I politely bring up the incalculable number of spontaneous ICE car fires that I responded to during my relatively short 20+ year career. It's just what happens. ICE car fires start in garages and burn the house down too, but from what you'll find online depending on your source, you should never park your EV inside and the charger should be 100' away from anything else
In the fire community we went through similar scare trends of airbag inflators killing us during accident extrications and pressurized struts blowing up and becoming missiles during fires. Once we learned how to safely approach and what to do to mitigate those issues, the scare and death narrative faded. I predict the same will happen with EV's.
Missing nothing. Even on ICE car fires people would freak the eff out about the car exploding. As @astrand1 says, its usually the tires or the gas tank that finally over-pressure and burst. Even when the gas tanks burst, its more of a "WHOOOOSH" that a "BOOM!" There's no mushroom cloud explosion like in every movie ever created. The tires blowing always scared me the most because they're so loud.
That would lean heavily against it being a battery issue. Once one of those is going you'd still be having traffic backup issues.A “little“ more info. They were able to put the fire out quickly with fire blankets and water.
https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/05/31/abbotsford-parking-lot-fire-reports-of-ev-exploding/
