Collapse Of I-95 Caused By Gasoline Truck Fire (Not Tesla Or EV Fire)
in 2021. “The NFPA reported that on average, there are around 14,070 fires annually that are caused by spontaneous combustion or chemical reaction. … According tocovering data from 2005 through 2009, 1,150 of these spontaneous fires were vehicle fires.”
Vehicle fires are indeed a big problem in the US. “In September 2021, The NFPA published a report titled. The report stated that in 2020, local fire departments responded to around 1.4 million fires in the US. In total, these fires caused 3,500 civilian deaths and 15,200 civilian injuries were reported. Property damage was estimated at just under $22 billion.
“According to the report, vehicle fires accounted for 15% of the fires, 18% of the civilian deaths, and 11% of the civilian injuries. According to the data, there were a total of 209,500 vehicle fires in 2020, with 630 civilian deaths.” The fact is: conventional gasoline-fueled cars are filled with and power by an extremely combustible liquid.
“Vehicle fires are an often-overlooked part of the fire problem, yet in 2020, an estimated 209,500 vehicle fires caused 630 civilian fire deaths ; 1,700 civilian fire injuries ; and $5.2 billion in direct property damage .
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