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EV fires require quite a bit more water to extinguish, however.
Edit: Water on battery fires is dangerous, but I'm mostly referring to situations such as this as water is still used to extinguish EV fires.
This is surreal - my brother and I drove past this wreck yesterday. The  highway patrol who cordoned off the lanes looked confused as Hell, it's nice to know why. >

There really isn't much anybody can do when these battery packs light off. You just have to get back, avoid breathing any fumes and let it burn. Nobody is putting that out, not even a direct hit from a water bomber. >

I'm surprised that they don't use sand since that's fairly commonly used to put out electrical fires anyway. >

They dump it in a tank of water for about 24 hours, otherwise it has a tendency to reignite. >

Stupid questions but where do we have giant car-tubs for this purpose? >

You can bring in a truck that has a big "bathtub" in the back, and a crane to lift the burning car into the tub. Then take it wherever. At least it clears the jam quickly. Just waiting in-place for days while it continues to block traffic is a bad strategy. >

"...the NHTSA researchers, and the study was issued in October 2017. The report concluded, "...ignition of flammable electrolytic solvents used in Li-ion battery systems are anticipated to be somewhat comparable to or perhaps slightly less than those for gasoline or diesel vehicular fuels..." so yes, EVs catch fire too. >

I think the stats on the road point to electric cars having at least 3 times less fires after an accident and the fires are slow starting instead of explosive like with gasoline cars.