"Lithium- ion fires release an array of deadly toxins including Carbon Monoxide, Hydrogen Cyanide, Hydrogen Fluoride and Cobalt. These toxins are especially dangerous to firefighters because they are dermally absorbed through the skin and no personal protective clothing can protect you against it.” -- Greg McConville, United Firefighters Union (UFUA) National Secretary
The pic is of the state of a battery energy storage facility when firemen arrived in response to a fire:
"to find a white cloud of vapor seeping out of the building and drifting across the desert."
These vapors would be drifting across Mattson Middle School, surrounding neighborhoods, homes, and the whole area if they build this at the proposed location. And even after the fire is put out, these toxins are dermally absorbed through the skin and no personal protective clothing can protect you against it- and they want to put this next to a school with our children and homes...
“It was staying about 3 to 4 feet off the ground, and it was kind of swaying like sea water,” Clare said.
Hunter Claire and Justin Lopez, who work for the fire department in Peoria, Ariz.,
Justin Lopez and Hunter Clare, who work for the fire department in Peoria, Ariz.
The firefighters suspected that it was some kind of chemical cocktail. They secured the area and used special devices to test the air, which showed dangerous levels of hydrogen cyanide and carbon monoxide.
Then they waited until the vapors stopped flowing out of the building and the levels of flammable gas dropped. Nearly two hours passed before the firefighters made their way to the front door of the facility. When they opened it, a large cloud escaped the building. Before they could retreat to safety, the space ignited, setting off a powerful explosion.
Lopez landed 30 feet away, according to a report by the Fire Safety Research Institute. Clare was thrown about 70 feet, his body in flames.
“Don’t remember the explosion. Don’t remember anything from there,” Clare said.
Both men suffered severe injuries, including brain trauma.
Lopez had a collapsed lung, broken ribs, a broken leg, separated shoulder, laceration of the liver and multiple thermal and chemical burns, according to the report."
This is the wrong location for this facility!
Period!