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Old 12-23-2022, 09:18 AM   #14
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Statistics in car fires get wrecked when an electric car catches fire while parked between two internal combustion cars. Fire shoots out both sides, and it takes 200,000 gallons of water to control one electrical fire.

An engineer friend suggests the factory provide an outside fitting to accommodate a fire hose.

I've put out two gasoline car fires with one (each) 10-pound Kidde extinguishers. (Small and easy to access). Another car fire--fully enveloped by a gasoline-soaked carpet--I put out with a large CO2 extinguisher. (After a fast run to an adjoining garage bay).
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