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Nice to see an ICE car fire getting some media attention for a change (www.bbc.co.uk)
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It often feels like EV fires make major headlines while ICE vehicle fires go under reported despite being order of magnitude more likely and common. Nice to see an ICE vehicle fire actually making media headlines for a change.

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[โ€“] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Most ICE fires come from broken fuel lines which are under 30-60 psi of pressure, spraying fuel air mixture over a hot exhaust manifold.

Lemmy is like Reddit, lots of opinions from people who have no idea how cars work and they think that if it's not in media, it didn't happen.

[โ€“] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

The bigger issue is that every fire department has the equipment to put out a gasoline fire, but not many of them have the equipment to put out a battery fire.