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misnomelast Tuesday at 4:27 PM2 repliesview on HN

Yeah, my first thought on reading the article was that it didn’t detail his fire control systems..


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rtkwelast Tuesday at 5:58 PM

That's the neat part about lithium fires you just can't, they're self oxidizing so there's not much you can do to definitively put them out the best option is usually to flood them with water to cool them down and contain the damage they cause.

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extrapickleslast Tuesday at 4:53 PM

They keep the power pack in a shed away from anything too flammable. They could lose the shed, but it would be unlikely to take the house with it.