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by ajsnigrutin 551 days ago
yep

also:

> the findings indicate that the probability of an HSS fire is very low (0.0049 %) and is 50 times lower than for a general house fire.

So for every 50 "normal" house fires, one extra will be due to HSS.

The bigger question is, what are the consequences of such fires? Looking at burning electric cars, that can't be put out, having burning batteries in an apartment building basement doesn't really seem that fun.

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Battery fires are highly toxic. You’ll need to evacuate the area, and cleaning up afterwards might be fun.