Electric car fire in underground parking lot for residential and commercial complex...Minimize damage with rapid evolution

Move cars with auxiliary wheels and mobilize tanks to quickly evolve

More than 300 residents were evacuated safely...No other vehicle damage

Electric car fire 'heat runaway'...Short-time Large Damage Probability

Change the way EVs evolve to match the characteristics of EVs...Develop new equipment

Water spray directly through the bottom hole...Transfer the vehicle to a mobile water tank

[Anchor]
Hundreds of residents were evacuated after an electric car caught fire in an underground parking lot of a residential and commercial complex in Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do.

As seen in the case of an apartment in Incheon in August, a series of electric vehicle fires can lead to great damage in an instant.

This time, the fire authorities were able to respond quickly in a new way to minimize damage.

I'm reporter Oh Tae-in.

[Reporter]
Smoke rises from the charred car.

A car that was charging in the parking lot on the 4th basement floor of a residential-commercial apartment caught fire.

The sprinkler was activated, and the fire department extinguished the fire within an hour.

Then, add auxiliary wheels to the tire to move the car so that the fire does not spread due to the re-ignition,
Submerge the lower part of the vehicle in a temporary reservoir on the ground
to completely extinguish the fire.

Thanks to the rapid evolution, more than 300 residents were evacuated without injuries, and more than 2,400 other vehicles were also unharmed.

[Jung Oh-seung / On-site response team leader at Deokjin Fire Station, Jeonju, North Jeolla Province] We used the handy controller equipment to move the car out a little faster. So I was able to safely extinguish the fire.]

A series of electric vehicle fires can spread to great damage as heat surges and is easy to rekindle.

In particular, in August, 870 vehicles burned or burned and 480 households were cut off from electricity supply due to an electric vehicle fire in an underground parking lot in Cheongna apartment in Incheon.

Since then, fire authorities have changed their response methods, and this time, rapid extinguishment has been possible.

Evolutionary equipment has also been newly developed.

According to the characteristics of the electric vehicle fire, it is an equipment that sprays and cools water inside the battery pack by drilling a hole under the car, and a mobile container tank that can safely move electric vehicles that were initially suppressed.

[Sung Hyesung / Ulsan Northern Fire Station Disaster Response Division: It used to take a long time because it was impossible to directly hit the battery.... (After using the equipment), we expect to be able to put out the fire within 15 to 30 minutes.)

Fire authorities will distribute 250 newly developed electric vehicle extinguishing equipment to fire departments nationwide this year.

I'm Oh Tae-in of YTN.