Failure Event - Germany, Thuringia - 7 Jun 2024
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Overview
Event Details
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| Location: | Germany, Thuringia |
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| Operator / Integrator: | Suncycle |
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| Enclosure Type: | Container |
| Event Date: | 7 June 2024 |
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| Description: | A battery caught fire at an engineering and test center. Firefighters used a grappling hook to open the container’s doors, cool the batteries with water, and extinguished the fire after 4 hours. The affected container was pulled away from the other battery containers with a tractor to prevent the flames from spreading. The contaminated firewater was disposed of. This incident is the first of a series of incidents at the Suncycle site. |
| Source: | PV Magazine |
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- Note: Missing values in this table reflect unknowns.
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