During the weekend, the fire of a battery led the fire brigade of a fire brigade in Saalfelden. The Salzburg Civil Protection Association regards this as an opportunity to warn about the potential dangers of lithium ion batteries and to give security tips.
Defective VOPN electronic facilities caused 91 burn cases with a damage volume of 7.2 million euros above 2023. About a quarter of them will probably go back to defects of batteries or chargers, estimates that Martin Dickenberger, director of the Salzburg State Office for Fire Control. It was only during the weekend that there was a fire in a residential building in Saalfelden because the battery of a model building vehicle had been on fire. The fire brigade was able to extinguish.
Fires are “hard to extinguish”
Because of this incident, the Salzburg Civil Protection Association provides information about possible dangers: “Lithium ion batteries can get on fire during overloading or a short circuit. Pollution, lack of maintenance, a technical error or an application error can be responsible for this, “says shipping. The problematic for the firefighters: battery volumes are “hard to extinguish” and “toxic gases” also develop. There is also a risk of explosion. That is why the requirements for charging, storing or removing the various battery and battery types are large.
The Civil Protection Association contains six protective measures:
Source: Krone
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