Morris IL - Huge Lithium Warehouse fire

[harryS]

Well, it finally happened, A warehouse with 200K pounds of lithium packs is burning out of control. They want to evacuate 5000 people from the area, and the firefighters think water won't help because "lithium explodes with water."

Morris Evacuation Order Remains in Place After Massive Industrial Fire

An evacuation order remains in place for parts of far southwest suburban Morris after a massive fire at an industrial building housing hundreds of thousands of pounds of lithium ion batteries released plumes of smoke and poisonous fumes into the air. At around 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, the Grundy...

www.nbcchicago.com

Why can't they get some knowledgeable people out there? When I was in college, I saw a chunk of lithium explode in water ...my roommate stole it from the chem lab, where it was packed in oil ...he almost blow up a toilet. But this is lithium in an electrolyte. It needs to be cooled down so the other cells don't blow up.

I wonder who owns all those packs.

 

[retiredNH]

Lithium batteries are flammable as much because of other battery components like electrolyte as because of the lithium. Remember that the lithium is not in metallic form either.

Will this be another excuse to raise battery prices?

 

[ActionJackson]

Well, it finally happened, A warehouse with 200K pounds of lithium packs is burning out of control. They want to evacuate 5000 people from the area, and the firefighters think water won't help because "lithium explodes with water."

Morris Evacuation Order Remains in Place After Massive Industrial Fire

An evacuation order remains in place for parts of far southwest suburban Morris after a massive fire at an industrial building housing hundreds of thousands of pounds of lithium ion batteries released plumes of smoke and poisonous fumes into the air. At around 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, the Grundy...

www.nbcchicago.com

Why can't they get some knowledgeable people out there? When I was in college, I saw a chunk of lithium explode in water ...my roommate stole it from the chem lab, where it was packed in oil ...he almost blow up a toilet. But this is lithium in an electrolyte. It needs to be cooled down so the other cells don't blow up.

I wonder who owns all those packs.

Well, for starters the “Coal City Fire Department” is in charge. Hahahaha- you can’t make this stuff up

 

[reed scott]

Well, it finally happened, A warehouse with 200K pounds of lithium packs is burning out of control. They want to evacuate 5000 people from the area, and the firefighters think water won't help because "lithium explodes with water."

Morris Evacuation Order Remains in Place After Massive Industrial Fire

An evacuation order remains in place for parts of far southwest suburban Morris after a massive fire at an industrial building housing hundreds of thousands of pounds of lithium ion batteries released plumes of smoke and poisonous fumes into the air. At around 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, the Grundy...

www.nbcchicago.com

Why can't they get some knowledgeable people out there? When I was in college, I saw a chunk of lithium explode in water ...my roommate stole it from the chem lab, where it was packed in oil ...he almost blow up a toilet. But this is lithium in an electrolyte. It needs to be cooled down so the other cells don't blow up.

I wonder who owns all those packs.

I know a guy ( high school ) who took a lump of lithium about the size of hazel nut from the chemistry lab and tossed it into the toilet. Blew up real good. That kid had problems. Fun guy though.