A fire broke out in the car park of Walibi amusement park in Biddinghuizen at around 2.45pm on Thursday afternoon. Here, six electric cars were on fire. The fire brigade quickly scaled up to 'medium fire'. The fire brigade from Biddinghuizen received assistance from Elburg with a fire engine, Oldebroek with a water truck and from Kampen with a foam fire engine.
The fire was believed to have started at one of the parked cars and spread to the other cars. The fire was quickly extinguished, with another three vehicles being damaged in the process due to the heat. To prevent self-ignition in the batteries of the six vehicles, the cars were placed in an immersion tank.
Salvage firm Stouwdam from Oldebroek asked for help from fellow industry members, to collect five other immersion bins. Quick cooperation with several salvage companies from different regions allowed the vehicles to be quickly placed in the immersion containers. The three other vehicles were towed by Stouwdam.
The water truck of Oldebroek fire brigade arrived on the scene to place the six battery packs of vehicles under water in the containers. The vehicles have to remain in the water for at least five days. No one was injured in the fire.
5 июл 2023
