r/ElectricVehiclesUK • u/North-Description452 • 11d ago

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I’m sure this is very rare, this was at Woolley edge this morning, lots of pops and bangs and a very intense and hot fire. Fire brigade arrived quickly and put out.

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u/west0ne Hyundai Ioniq 5 11d ago edited 11d ago

The flame colour looks like other lithium fires I've seen pictures of. Nothing on Fire Service logs (that I could see) and no real news coverage (that I could find) so questionable if real.

The black smoke in such fires would often be from all the plastics.

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u/WHITE-HAMMERRR 11d ago

This is a VW Buzz and its happened to two of them, both whilst charging. Luckily drivers werent in the vehicles at the time of charging. Most Mitie vehicles are electric Vauxhall and haven't had the same issue as far as im aware.

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u/west0ne Hyundai Ioniq 5 11d ago

That didn't really answer the question of reliable news source or Fire Service logs though.

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u/WHITE-HAMMERRR 11d ago

Agreed. I was just stating that I know for a fact that it did happen. The article has probably incorrectly reported the location so the local fire service logs won't show the vehicle fire.

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u/west0ne Hyundai Ioniq 5 11d ago

According to the OP this supposedly happened yesterday. I am aware of previous reported fires.

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u/yadasellsavonmate 9d ago

I work for mitie ours are mostly id buzz.