After charging, an electric car catches fire in the Netherlands. The mother can save her three year old child at the last second.
Groningen – In the Dutch city of Groningen, it only took a few seconds for an electric car to go up in flames after being charged. In the car was a three-year-old child who was brought to safety by the mother at the last second.
The fire of the VW ID.3 car model should not have been the only one in the e-car industry, as the news magazine Focus reports. Now the first politicians are calling on the federal government to take more precautions against electrical fires.
Burning electric car: toddler brought to safety just in time
As the driver of the electric car announced, smoke should have come from the vehicle after removing the charging cable. She charged the VW ID.3 overnight and then put her 3-year-old child in the car. As the driver reported in an interview with RTV Noord, she heard “popping noises” when she removed the charging cable before starting the journey.
In a short period of around 20 seconds, the electric vehicle completely caught fire. Fortunately, the mother was able to get her child out of the car in time and bring it to safety at the last second.
Electric cars: more and more fires and recalls
As the news magazine Focus reports, the electric car fire was not an isolated incident. Fire incidents are said to have occurred time and again in the past, some of which ended in fatal accidents or in recall of e-cars.
Although the risk of fire with electric cars is statistically no greater than with conventional cars, according to experts, the damage is far greater. The reason: The hot battery fires are difficult to extinguish, which is why, among other things, very large amounts of water are required. Only recently, several electric buses were destroyed in major fires in two bus depots in Hanover and Düsseldorf.
According to Focus, fire protection expert Niki Traxel warns of e-car fires and especially before charging in underground garages: “Depot fires are always a dreaded scenario because vehicles are close together and the fire can quickly spread from one vehicle to another. As a safety measure, it is important to keep the vehicles apart during charging – because the risk of a fire incident is greatest during the charging process. ”(Yasemin Kamisli) * fnp.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.
The Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund is also planning to use electric buses in Hesse in the future *.
