"In 2008, a Boise State professor died and numerous homes in the area were destroyed after a fire ripped through the neighborhood. The fire was later said to be caused by an Idaho Power equipment failure, high winds, and a tree that hit a power line."
When I die, I hope it causes neighborhood's to burn?
Clearly the Professor had not installed a deadman switch in his battery backup.
ReplyDeleteLithium-ion facilities on an industrial scale are usually located away from homes. Fires produce VERY toxic fumes and typically burn for days. https://energycentral.com/c/um/big-calif-battery-storage-facility-fire-burns-11-days
ReplyDeleteApparently in that area wildfires are also a risk. There are less-toxic alternatives, but lithium-ion is all that the bean-counters have heard of.
To be fair, used battery storage facilities are more likely to catch fire.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/nearly-100-tons-of-lithium-batteries-involved-in-large-morris-industrial-fire/2543694/
The concern by neighbors is legitimate. The incomprehensible article was my curiosity.
DeleteThe way I read the article, and your post, is that the fire was the cause of the professor's death.
ReplyDelete"In 2008, a Boise State professor died … after a fire ripped through the neighborhood."
Now it makes sense. That he was a BSU professor seemed irrelevant.
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