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– We were notified that he was burned in a car in Tiller. When we arrived, it burned in two electric cars. The fire brigade is in control of the fires and both are extinguished. One car burned down, operations manager Svein Åkervik in the Trøndelag police district tells NTB.
Firefighters arrived at the scene around 8:30 p.m. At first there was a danger of spread, police wrote. Twitter.
– There will be a fire in two electric vehicles. They stand near a wall. Therefore, there is a risk of cracking, Trøndelag Police District Operations Manager Svein Åkervik told Nidaros before the fire was extinguished.
The fire service: low risk of fire in electric cars
Although the risk of fire in electric cars is low, it creates problems when the battery catches fire. The Bergen Fire Service is now receiving funding to investigate electric car fires.
– Electric cars do not catch fire more often than gasoline and diesel electric cars. On the contrary, Sigurd Folgerø Dalen, acting information manager for the Oslo fire and rescue service, tells Teknisk Ukeblad.
If an electric car battery catches fire, it’s hard to put it out. But it will be a long time before the battery catches fire, according to Dalen.
The Norwegian Electric Car Association believes that it is unfortunate that Gjensidige gives the impression that electric cars are unsafe firebombs.
– Of course, you have to fear the fires in the parking lots. But that fear should apply to all cars, as all cars are on fire, Secretary General Christina Bu tells Teknisk Ukeblad.
– Car battery packs are well protected.
Researcher Andreas Sæter Bøe of Rise Fire Research in Trondheim believes that electric cars have an undeserved bad reputation.
– The knowledge we have gained in recent years shows that the fire hazard of electric cars is not as great as we thought.. Car battery packs are well protected. In the event of off-battery fires, like the one at Sola, it can take a long time before the battery catches fire, precisely because the battery is well protected, says Bøe.
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