Burning EV Batteries Add Fuel To Fire on Ship in Atlantic

The large number of electric vehicles on board a ship, Felicity Ace, that is drifting ablaze in the Atlantic Ocean is complicating efforts to extinguish the fire, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing Dutch experts contracted to salvage the vessel said.

It is unclear whether the blaze was caused by the electric cars, whose lithium-ion batteries have been known to catch fire, but the presence of burning batteries on board means SMIT Salvage, the company contracted to rescue the ship, is facing a fire that spreads fast and cannot be fought with water alone, the company’s owners said in the report.

Read the full report: The Wall Street Journal.

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Jim Pollard

Jim Pollard is an Australian journalist based in Thailand since 1999. He worked for News Ltd papers in Sydney, Perth, London and Melbourne before travelling through SE Asia in the late 90s. He was a senior editor at The Nation for 17+ years and has a family in Bangkok.