Firefighters in Merrimack (New Hampshire) spent Monday pouring 60,000 gallons of water on the car involved in last Wednesday’s fiery accident at the Bedford tolls, demonstrating the biggest downside of electric vehicles: After a crash their batteries can re-ignite without much warning, and the resulting blaze is hard to control.
“This is one of the scenarios that we’ve trained on. … We were told what was going to happen and exactly what was explained to us, that was what the car did,” said Jim Bailey Sr., owner of Bailey’s Towing and Auto Body in Merrimack.
https://www.concordmonitor.com/2026/04/06/firefighters-ev-battery-blaze-nh/
by GraniteGeekNH
