Unfortunately it appears to have been a water based extinguisher and probably made the problem worse, there's footage of him using it and then a massive flare up.
Water + lithium batteries do not mix, pretty sure it literally makes them explode.
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Unfortunately it appears to have been a water based extinguisher and probably made the problem worse, there's footage of him using it and then a massive flare up.
Water + lithium batteries do not mix, pretty sure it literally makes them explode.
Follow the money.
Best thing is sand. We keep fire resistant boxes on our sites so at the first sight of a lithium battery going up, if its safe to do so we chuck it in the box and get the box to a safe location.
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Apparently the person in the shop had an "adapter charging system - full of chargers - and that's where the fire was." - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd70wdxrrn4o
Sounds more like he had a multi-socket extension lead and had multiple devices all charging from it at the same time.
Sounds more like he had a multi-socket extension lead and had multiple devices all charging from it at the same time.
Council failing really. What fire checks were passed? What procedures were in place for an electrical fire?
Happy to take the business fees and leave them to it as per all the pop up Turkish barbers on the high street. Definitely enough business for them all ;/
Happy to take the business fees and leave them to it as per all the pop up Turkish barbers on the high street. Definitely enough business for them all ;/
Amused see a local turkish barber shop flying union jack clothes protectors for all its customers.
Seems like they turn a blind eye to a lot of this sort of thing, there's vape shops in listed buildings (sometimes attached to/very nearby other, far more prominent and historic property) all over the country.
They're fire hazards waiting to happen, a ton of them are effectively money laundering schemes that import cheap and highly questionable tatt. You stack a ton of highly volatile chemical batteries on top of each other, and turn a blind eye to safety/dodgy activity and this is what you get. Clearly nobody involved had appropriate fire fighting equipment on hand on the chance of a failure either, and those that attempted to help didn't know the appropriate way to do so. These shops applying for licences should be forced to show proper fire safety prior to being allowed to open to the public in my mind, it's ridiculous.