<div dir="ltr"><div>Bruce</div><div>Wrenches</div><div>There was again a utility scale battery fire in Hawaii in around 2014 that was fire department said they would not attempt to extinguish because of the water run off would be very toxic and refused and instead only prevented the fire from spreading, I was told it was so hot and bright it could be seen from space.</div><div>Jerry <br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 11:16 AM Bruce Leininger <<a href="mailto:bjleininger@gmail.com">bjleininger@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>According to this <a href="https://patch.com/california/suisuncity/garage-fire-caused-too-many-batteries-chargers-fire-dept" target="_blank">article</a>, they were electric bike batteries. So far, I haven't discovered any reports from this country about fires associated with residential or commercial energy storage systems, <a href="https://www.tdworld.com/distributed-energy-resources/energy-storage/article/20973126/battery-energy-storage-are-all-the-bugs-out" target="_blank">only utility scale</a>. Please feel free to share any additional information you might come across.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks.</div><div><br></div><div>Bruce<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Apr 9, 2020 at 7:32 PM Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar <<a href="mailto:offgridsolar@sti.net" target="_blank">offgridsolar@sti.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">And another battery fire in Fairfield. I tried to find the type but they<br>
sound like type NMC lithium used in cars. Let me know if you find the type<br>
please.<br>
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On Thu, 9 Apr 2020 16:14:38 -0700, jay <<a href="mailto:jay.peltz@gmail.com" target="_blank">jay.peltz@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> HI Bruce,<br>
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> There is a lithium fire in the last 2 years in Arizona (APS I think) on<br>
a<br>
> utility scale battery.<br>
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>> Hi. I was wondering if there are any known instances of fires from<br>
>> residential or commercial storage systems. I'm specifically interested<br>
>> in lithium ion batteries, but would welcome knowledge about lead acid<br>
>> fires as well.<br>
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>> Thanks!<br>
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