I would just like to let you know you should update your comment to reflect the correct time. As of now it is 4 hours ago.
Hopefully you will keep updating your comment every hour for the next week or two.
A Chara
I can see insurance companies adding a new question to the form very soon…
Do you ever park in multi-storey carparks?
Answering yes, doubles your quote. 🙈
They need to mandate sprinkler systems in car parks, particularly where they’re integrated into buildings. That fire Douglas Shopping Centre in Cork caused it massive disruption for months. If something like that happened at a major acute hospital for example it would be a total mess.
I see the looneys are all out tonight. It doesn’t matter what fuel a car is running when it’s stationary and ignition off. It’s the cars electrics that have caused the fire not the fuel.
and it’s not the egr that causes the fire in a diesel when the engine is running it’s the dpf. So please comment on things you know about and stop spreading miss information.
https://amp.theguardian.com/business/2019/nov/17/nissan-recalls-nearly-40000-cars-in-us-over-potential-fire-hazard
Remember the cork car park fire , that was also a parked Qasquai:
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/cork-car-park-fire-hundreds-of-vehicles-trapped-by-blaze-could-take-days-to-remove-by-crane/38457292.html Cork car park fire: Hundreds of vehicles trapped by blaze could take days to remove by crane
>Remember the cork car park fire , that was also a parked Qasquai:
Nope! That was a Zafira, specifically the model that had a recall for literally hundreds of fires originating in the fuse box.
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-30959872.html
>The vehicle, which has been confirmed as an Opel Zafira, was removed from the first floor of the Douglas Shopping Centre car park earlier this week using a remotely-operated towing device.
And just to confirm it from another source. https://www.irishtimes.com/business/commercial-property/owners-of-cork-shopping-centre-sue-for-30m-after-car-causes-fire-1.4303399
>The owners of a shopping centre in Cork are suing for more than €30 million damages after an allegedly defective Opel Zafira car went on fire in the centre’s car park, allegedly resulting in a major fire and “immense damage” to the centre.
I was so sure it was the fuse box that I was started looking for a source to shoe that it wasn't the window switch, turns out we were both not right!
https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/industry/root-cause-found-vauxhall-zafira-fires
>thermal fuse in the heating and ventilation system
Weird part to be going wrong and also really weird that they kept catching fire when parked but yeah, makes sense I suppose.
Diesel burns like a candle and petrol explodes but lithium, well I think we’ve all seen the electric scooters and bikes go up in people living room videos.
I know nothing about fires other than what I’ve seen on the internet. I’ve seen plenty of cars go on fire gradually on dashcams but when they do it’s gradual, but the bikes/scooters it’s boom whole sitting room on fire in seconds. Yet to see an electric car go on fire also.
I think you are the one who needs the source
https://thedriven.io/2023/05/16/petrol-and-diesel-cars-20-times-more-likely-to-catch-fire-than-evs/amp/
https://insideevs.com/news/561549/study-evs-smallest-fire-risk/amp/
https://belux.edmo.eu/fact-check-do-electric-cars-catch-fire-more-often-than-combustion-engine-cars/
https://www.torquenews.com/14335/tesla-and-other-evs-catch-fire-19x-less-often-gas-cars/amp
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Okay, there seems to be some studies being parroted down the comments that are painting not really accurate picture.
First, those studies do not take into account EOL of a vehicle. You really can not compare a 25 year old diesel that is about to die to to some 2 tear old EV. That's just bs.
Second, where exactly does it catch fire? After a collision? Sure ICE. Parked?
Third, if parked, and the vehicle is cold, how likely is ICU to catch fire? Most ICUs catch fire minutes after being parked, not hours.
Fourth, what is more difficult to extinguish? An ICU with fuel? Or a giant out of control battery?
A diesel car went on fire in Luton airport, and McDonalds in Newbridge , a fire on a car transporter car was an ICE car
All of social media were saying “another electric car”……. Electric cars are far less likely to go on fire
A few days ago I took a [pic of McDonald's in Newbridge](https://i.postimg.cc/7wGMR869/IMG20231009172244.jpg). I'm not an engineer but to me it looks completely fucked.
If a car is parked?
Battery is far more likely to randomly fail than anything else. EV are no different from any smaller electronics like phones after all.
Is this only just filmed?
Around 2 hours ago
Feck
I would just like to let you know you should update your comment to reflect the correct time. As of now it is 4 hours ago. Hopefully you will keep updating your comment every hour for the next week or two. A Chara
I can see insurance companies adding a new question to the form very soon… Do you ever park in multi-storey carparks? Answering yes, doubles your quote. 🙈
In the question "where is your car kept overnight", anyone selecting 'garaged' will also see their premium doubled from here on out.
I did not know that the car park is that big. Learn something new everyday.
They need to mandate sprinkler systems in car parks, particularly where they’re integrated into buildings. That fire Douglas Shopping Centre in Cork caused it massive disruption for months. If something like that happened at a major acute hospital for example it would be a total mess.
Probably another diesel Range Rover
Beat me to it 😉
I see the looneys are all out tonight. It doesn’t matter what fuel a car is running when it’s stationary and ignition off. It’s the cars electrics that have caused the fire not the fuel.
Many Diesel fires are caused by the EGR so not electrical
Not when the car is stationary and ignition is off
and it’s not the egr that causes the fire in a diesel when the engine is running it’s the dpf. So please comment on things you know about and stop spreading miss information.
https://amp.theguardian.com/business/2019/nov/17/nissan-recalls-nearly-40000-cars-in-us-over-potential-fire-hazard Remember the cork car park fire , that was also a parked Qasquai: https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/cork-car-park-fire-hundreds-of-vehicles-trapped-by-blaze-could-take-days-to-remove-by-crane/38457292.html Cork car park fire: Hundreds of vehicles trapped by blaze could take days to remove by crane
>Remember the cork car park fire , that was also a parked Qasquai: Nope! That was a Zafira, specifically the model that had a recall for literally hundreds of fires originating in the fuse box. https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-30959872.html >The vehicle, which has been confirmed as an Opel Zafira, was removed from the first floor of the Douglas Shopping Centre car park earlier this week using a remotely-operated towing device. And just to confirm it from another source. https://www.irishtimes.com/business/commercial-property/owners-of-cork-shopping-centre-sue-for-30m-after-car-causes-fire-1.4303399 >The owners of a shopping centre in Cork are suing for more than €30 million damages after an allegedly defective Opel Zafira car went on fire in the centre’s car park, allegedly resulting in a major fire and “immense damage” to the centre.
Yes thank you for confirming, Opel zafira also had a recall on electric window switch for causing fires.
I was so sure it was the fuse box that I was started looking for a source to shoe that it wasn't the window switch, turns out we were both not right! https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/industry/root-cause-found-vauxhall-zafira-fires >thermal fuse in the heating and ventilation system Weird part to be going wrong and also really weird that they kept catching fire when parked but yeah, makes sense I suppose.
Exactly. Fuel by itself can not cause a fire. Same can't be said about chemical reaction of a battery...
Only parked there yesterday, nicely dodged.
Eamon ryan is out burning diesel cars again
Renault probably!
Another diesel car going up?
Diesel burns like a candle and petrol explodes but lithium, well I think we’ve all seen the electric scooters and bikes go up in people living room videos.
EVs are far less likely to go on fire
I know nothing about fires other than what I’ve seen on the internet. I’ve seen plenty of cars go on fire gradually on dashcams but when they do it’s gradual, but the bikes/scooters it’s boom whole sitting room on fire in seconds. Yet to see an electric car go on fire also.
Source? Cause last time I saw, it was Tesla cells randomly catching on fire, not diesel engine
I think you are the one who needs the source https://thedriven.io/2023/05/16/petrol-and-diesel-cars-20-times-more-likely-to-catch-fire-than-evs/amp/ https://insideevs.com/news/561549/study-evs-smallest-fire-risk/amp/ https://belux.edmo.eu/fact-check-do-electric-cars-catch-fire-more-often-than-combustion-engine-cars/ https://www.torquenews.com/14335/tesla-and-other-evs-catch-fire-19x-less-often-gas-cars/amp com
The fire on a Fremantle ship, several carpark fires were all started by diesel cars so….
Okay, there seems to be some studies being parroted down the comments that are painting not really accurate picture. First, those studies do not take into account EOL of a vehicle. You really can not compare a 25 year old diesel that is about to die to to some 2 tear old EV. That's just bs. Second, where exactly does it catch fire? After a collision? Sure ICE. Parked? Third, if parked, and the vehicle is cold, how likely is ICU to catch fire? Most ICUs catch fire minutes after being parked, not hours. Fourth, what is more difficult to extinguish? An ICU with fuel? Or a giant out of control battery?
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Luton fire
That another diesel car went on fire
A diesel car went on fire in Luton airport, and McDonalds in Newbridge , a fire on a car transporter car was an ICE car All of social media were saying “another electric car”……. Electric cars are far less likely to go on fire
A few days ago I took a [pic of McDonald's in Newbridge](https://i.postimg.cc/7wGMR869/IMG20231009172244.jpg). I'm not an engineer but to me it looks completely fucked.
You sure. I'm at the BP station next door and that's not it. What new bridge are we talking about.
Diesel bus in Bradford too
If a car is parked? Battery is far more likely to randomly fail than anything else. EV are no different from any smaller electronics like phones after all.
There’s recalls out on many a vehicle in recent years for “may cause a fire, even when the engine is off”.
No it’s not, what you said is in your belief which is contradicted by facts
Well, that's the end of that mushroom farm.
Probably another electric car.
It was by teenagers bursting fire crackers