Re: What a pointless exercise..
And Petrol does not just burn, it can explode. That is far more dangerous than a battery fire.
Yes and no.
Conventional fires (petrol, wood, natural gas, coal) need oxygen, and the common method of extinguishing such a fire is to starve it of oxygen and/or cooling the fuel to a temperature below its ignition point. Which is old hat for any fire department.
Battery fires are utterly different, as those are converting the stored energy directly into heat. If you have cells shorting internally you can't stop it, and only cool them (to try prevent the undamaged cells joining in the fun) until the stored energy is exhausted.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
