Fremantle Ship on fire in North Sea carrying 3000 vehicles - Electric vehicle possible source- The future of importation might be nigh if Insurers won't insure transport

Ship on fire in the North Sea carrying cars and EV's -

Electric Vehicle reported as believed responsible for starting the blaze

The Fremantle Highway Cargo Ship being hosed down in the North Sea - 

this effort will likely not save it from sadly being lost in the end

This ship will probably be scrapped now. A serious fire took hold inside the vessel, with further combustion being promoted by electric vehicle batteries and the combustibility of the other internal combustion engined vehicle cargo components fuelling the fire in a confined space. It was not possible to extinguish the flames and I believed that this vessel would likely sink.

Sadly one crew member is dead as a result of the fire on this vessel, it shows the dangers of carrying electric vehicles on boats, which is why they are being banned from some ferries and also underground car parks.

Trying to put out the flames on this vessel at sea proved a futile exercise as the batteries short out and combust, spreading to other vehicles and the ships's flammable parts. 

(Update, it is still afloat but under tow and is going to be salvaged - scrapping this ship might cause further toxins to be released).

The colossal environmental impact of these burning vehicles and components is a major set back for the EV industry. This example may prompt insurers to not cover the transport of these vehicles in future.

It takes 22,000 gallons of water to put out a single EV battery fire on land per vehicle, a fire in a gigafactory will be a major disaster and will not be able to be put out before it destroys the establishment - the reason is that the batteries do not need oxygen to burn, they burn because of short circuits which generate heat and melt insulation, leading to chain reactions of spreading in an EV battery, which is a collection of linked individual cells. 

The dangerous fumes given off by burning batteries can cause paralysis and the hydrofluoric acid can burn through skin and bone.

This is surely a fitting obituary to the folly that is the EV project? If ever there was a good argument for abandoning the EV, then this is it - one EV car fire has essentially made this ship a floating environmental disaster that will cost millions to compensate.

Strangely there was very little media coverage.