9 electric buses destroyed by suspected lithium battery fire in Taichung City
Nine electric buses were destroyed by a fire in a parking lot in Taichung City in the early hours of this morning, Monday, October 21.
The Taichung City Fire Department received reports of buses on fire at a parking lot on Jinghe Street in Beitun District at around 2:00 am. A total of 21 fire trucks and 46 personnel were dispatched to battle the blaze.
Firefighters said the fire was fierce due to lithium ion batteries. The fire was brought under control at around 3:30 am, and finally extinguished at around 4:10 am. A total of nine buses were destroyed, but no casualties were reported.
According to the preliminary investigation, no suspicious persons were seen on surveillance cameras, and it is suspected that the cause may have been an electrical fault in a battery.
According to an SETN report, the buses were some of 50 belonging to the beleaguered Sifang Electric Bus Company. The company went out of business in October 2023, owing wages to its drivers which still haven’t been paid. The buses have all been mortgaged to banks.
The detailed cause of the fire is still under investigation.
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“Sifang Electric Bus Company. The company went out of business in October 2023, owing wages to its drivers which still haven’t been paid. The buses have all been mortgaged to banks.” – Gee… No insurance claims coming up here, I’m ‘certain’ !!!
The only thing worse than this is when an electric fire truck sets the whole fire station alight and it burns down along with nine other fire trucks inside. I’m sorry if my comment contains “inflammatory speech” but all of these infernal machines from Hell are starting to overheat my normally cool temperament, all of these silly ideas come from flaming birdbrain liberals who are so stupid, they couldn’t pour piss out of a boot with a hole in the toe and instructions on the heel. The sooner mankind rids itself of all this climate absurdity, such as electrified garbage scows, fire trucks, etc; the better off we’ll all be.
Tell us how you really feel Rob.. LOL Good job at nailing it.