Lithium battery fire at recycling plant

[alleycat8675309]

http://www.theprovince.com/news/Exp...atteries+burned+with+video/2198428/story.html

followup:
http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/...lant_fire_091109/20091109?hub=BritishColumbia

That's fifty some odd firefighters from a small town with a paid and volunteer firefighters numbering around 25. They drew in volunteer fire companies from every smaller town within ~ an hours drive to fight this fire.

 

[LuxLuthor]

"You could hear explosions throughout the valley," he said. "The fire spread to a neighbouring recycling depot and got into the cardboard stacks."

 

[csshih]

hmm.. doesn't sound as bad as I thought it would have been.

 

[Illum]

hmm.. doesn't sound as bad as I thought it would have been.

that's because the microphones are overloaded
cr123as pop with a BANG, find yourself a 55 gal metal drum, start a fire in it, then toss a couple in on July 4, you'll know what I mean.

same concept as watching a video taken from the range, hearing rounds go off first hand versus hearing those same rounds go off on a video has a huge difference

 

[csshih]

I meant, fatality wise..
none.

 

[uk_caver]

Seems there was another company that didn't keep their lithium cell pile safely away from their other waste.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lancashire/8404129.stm

"The fire was extinguished by mid-afternoon after more than 132,000 litres (29,000 gallons) of chemicals were set alight.
HSE inspectors believe it was caused by lithium batteries igniting nearby waste materials."