The Mountain View Fire Department has a new tool to help them put out electric vehicle battery fires, which can be notoriously difficult to extinguish. The cutting-edge device helps firefighters cool the inside of a battery, and firefighters say it could help them avert a real disaster as more EVs hit the road.
Mountain View's fire chief wrote a personal note to the community mourning the loss of a person who died in a blaze this week in an apartment building, where 50 others were displaced and a pet dog was killed.