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Video of F-150 Lightning fire in Dearborn reveals melted trucks, responders' obscenities
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Apr 23, 2023, 2:28:09 PM4/23/23
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Police bodycam footage from an F-150 Lightning battery fire in a Dearborn
holding lot on Feb. 4 revealed dramatic images of three melted pickup
trucks, according to video footage released by the Dearborn Police
Department.
Dearborn police and fire personnel responded to the incident, which
involved three electric vehicles and no injuries and resulted in a five-
week production shutdown. The automaker worked with battery supplier SK On
to identify the cause and resolution prior to restart. In March, after
consulting with its supplier, Ford recalled 18 of the 2023 F-150 Lightning
pickups.
Video footage, obtained by CNBC through a Michigan Freedom of Information
Act request, "totaled about two hours of video, including overlapping
footage, from 17 police bodycams and vehicle dashcams between 3:36 p.m.
and 4:22 p.m. ET, according to time stamps on the bodycam videos,” CNBC
said.
Car battery fires burn hotter than other fires and require massive
quantities of water or special chemicals to extinguish. In this case, one
Ford pickup caught fire and spread to the other two.
"Police officers responding to the blaze described the vehicles as being
'engulfed in flames' and can be heard on video worrying that the vehicles
could 'blow up,' " CNBC reported Thursday.
The video includes audio that illustrates the gravity of the situation, as
reported by CNBC:
“We’re not putting this (expletive) out. Look at it,” said one responding
officer.
First responders can be heard on video expressing concern about how much
water is needed to put out EV fires and whether a special foam would be
required.
“They have to put like a whole (expletive) lake on it to put them out,”
the same officer said during the event.
'High voltage'
In its letter to federal regulators dated March 15, Ford said the reason
for the recall of vehicles was "High voltage battery pack may short
circuit" and create a fire risk. The fire occurred while the vehicle was
charging in a holding lot during a pre-delivery quality check and was
caused by an internal short circuit due to a manufacturing issue when
cells in the battery were at a high state of charge," according to
documents posted on the National Highway Transportation Safety
Administration (NHTSA) site.
Ford said in its chronology report that engineers determined there was no
evidence of a charging fault.
“Together with SK On, we confirmed the root causes and swiftly implemented
quality actions,” Ford said in a statement to CNBC. “The Rouge Electric
Vehicle Center has been back up and running since March 13 and is back to
full production and shipping vehicles to customers.”
The Detroit Free Press requested the video, images and audio Thursday and
left messages for city of Dearborn spokesman Bilal Baydoun and the
Dearborn Police spokesman, Cpl. Dan Bartok. A message seeking comment
about the incident was left for Dearborn Deputy Fire Chief Laura Ridenour.
Ford spokeswoman Emma Bergg declined to comment to the Free Press on the
release of the audio and video, emphasizing, "This was one single fire.
We're really proud of the team, and how quickly they responded to handle
the situation." She confirmed the automaker “took part in an information-
sharing session on how to handle battery fires in summer 2022 with members
of the Dearborn fire department."
Page 13 of the 20-page Emergency Response Guide written for the Ford F-150
Lightning dated April 2022 has been made available to first responders.
Battery fires are not unique to Ford. The automaker did shut down its
plant for five weeks to resolve questions involving a Feb. 4, 2023 battery
fire in a holding lot in Dearborn.
Page 13 of the 20-page Emergency Response Guide written for the Ford F-150
Lightning dated April 2022 has been made available to first responders.
Battery fires are not unique to Ford. The automaker did shut down its
plant for five weeks to resolve questions involving a Feb. 4, 2023 battery
fire in a holding lot in Dearborn.
Bergg told the Free Press, "We have a long history of working closely with
emergency workers and first responders on auto safety issues and that
continues as we enter the EV era. We’re further evaluating opportunities
to help educate on this important topic."
Detail of battery flaw
Ford wrote to regulators that from Feb. 6 to Feb. 9, "the Ford engineering
team de-energized the highvoltage battery pack to allow access to the
vehicle. Using computed tomography (CT) scans of the high voltage (HV)
battery arrays, Ford and the supplier independently concluded the
initiation point of the fire occurred within one of the HV battery arrays.
... Continued investigation by Ford and the supplier found that the
vehicle fire started whencathode aluminum tabs contacted the anode
electrode material, causing an internal short circuit when the cells were
at a high state of charge. Ford and the supplier identified the processes
on the supplier cell manufacturing line that led to these contact
conditions. The Ford engineering team was able to replicate the contact
condition through a Design of Experiments performed at the supplier. While
the CT scans and teardown parts from the suspect windowconfirmed the
condition, parts from outside the window and from the other cell
manufacturing lines did not show evidence of the contact conditions."
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Police bodycam footage from an F-150 Lightning battery fire in a Dearborn
holding lot on Feb. 4 revealed dramatic images of three melted pickup
trucks, according to video footage released by the Dearborn Police
Department.
Dearborn police and fire personnel responded to the incident, which
involved three electric vehicles and no injuries and resulted in a five-
week production shutdown. The automaker worked with battery supplier SK On
to identify the cause and resolution prior to restart. In March, after
consulting with its supplier, Ford recalled 18 of the 2023 F-150 Lightning
pickups.
Video footage, obtained by CNBC through a Michigan Freedom of Information
Act request, "totaled about two hours of video, including overlapping
footage, from 17 police bodycams and vehicle dashcams between 3:36 p.m.
and 4:22 p.m. ET, according to time stamps on the bodycam videos,” CNBC
said.
Car battery fires burn hotter than other fires and require massive
quantities of water or special chemicals to extinguish. In this case, one
Ford pickup caught fire and spread to the other two.
"Police officers responding to the blaze described the vehicles as being
'engulfed in flames' and can be heard on video worrying that the vehicles
could 'blow up,' " CNBC reported Thursday.
The video includes audio that illustrates the gravity of the situation, as
reported by CNBC:
“We’re not putting this (expletive) out. Look at it,” said one responding
officer.
First responders can be heard on video expressing concern about how much
water is needed to put out EV fires and whether a special foam would be
required.
“They have to put like a whole (expletive) lake on it to put them out,”
the same officer said during the event.
'High voltage'
In its letter to federal regulators dated March 15, Ford said the reason
for the recall of vehicles was "High voltage battery pack may short
circuit" and create a fire risk. The fire occurred while the vehicle was
charging in a holding lot during a pre-delivery quality check and was
caused by an internal short circuit due to a manufacturing issue when
cells in the battery were at a high state of charge," according to
documents posted on the National Highway Transportation Safety
Administration (NHTSA) site.
Ford said in its chronology report that engineers determined there was no
evidence of a charging fault.
“Together with SK On, we confirmed the root causes and swiftly implemented
quality actions,” Ford said in a statement to CNBC. “The Rouge Electric
Vehicle Center has been back up and running since March 13 and is back to
full production and shipping vehicles to customers.”
The Detroit Free Press requested the video, images and audio Thursday and
left messages for city of Dearborn spokesman Bilal Baydoun and the
Dearborn Police spokesman, Cpl. Dan Bartok. A message seeking comment
about the incident was left for Dearborn Deputy Fire Chief Laura Ridenour.
Ford spokeswoman Emma Bergg declined to comment to the Free Press on the
release of the audio and video, emphasizing, "This was one single fire.
We're really proud of the team, and how quickly they responded to handle
the situation." She confirmed the automaker “took part in an information-
sharing session on how to handle battery fires in summer 2022 with members
of the Dearborn fire department."
Page 13 of the 20-page Emergency Response Guide written for the Ford F-150
Lightning dated April 2022 has been made available to first responders.
Battery fires are not unique to Ford. The automaker did shut down its
plant for five weeks to resolve questions involving a Feb. 4, 2023 battery
fire in a holding lot in Dearborn.
Page 13 of the 20-page Emergency Response Guide written for the Ford F-150
Lightning dated April 2022 has been made available to first responders.
Battery fires are not unique to Ford. The automaker did shut down its
plant for five weeks to resolve questions involving a Feb. 4, 2023 battery
fire in a holding lot in Dearborn.
Bergg told the Free Press, "We have a long history of working closely with
emergency workers and first responders on auto safety issues and that
continues as we enter the EV era. We’re further evaluating opportunities
to help educate on this important topic."
Detail of battery flaw
Ford wrote to regulators that from Feb. 6 to Feb. 9, "the Ford engineering
team de-energized the highvoltage battery pack to allow access to the
vehicle. Using computed tomography (CT) scans of the high voltage (HV)
battery arrays, Ford and the supplier independently concluded the
initiation point of the fire occurred within one of the HV battery arrays.
... Continued investigation by Ford and the supplier found that the
vehicle fire started whencathode aluminum tabs contacted the anode
electrode material, causing an internal short circuit when the cells were
at a high state of charge. Ford and the supplier identified the processes
on the supplier cell manufacturing line that led to these contact
conditions. The Ford engineering team was able to replicate the contact
condition through a Design of Experiments performed at the supplier. While
the CT scans and teardown parts from the suspect windowconfirmed the
condition, parts from outside the window and from the other cell
manufacturing lines did not show evidence of the contact conditions."
--
"LOCKDOWN", left-wing COVID fearmongering. 95% of COVID infections
recover with no after effects.
No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.
Officially made Nancy Pelosi a two-time impeachment loser.
Donald J. Trump, cheated out of a second term by fraudulent "mail-in"
ballots. Report voter fraud: sf.n...@mail.house.gov
Thank you for cleaning up the disaster of the 2008-2017 Obama / Biden
fiasco, President Trump.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
President Trump boosted the economy, reduced illegal invasions, appointed
dozens of judges and three SCOTUS justices.
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