“Today there are batteries”: firefighters facing new electric car fires

2023-05-13 15:46:06

Dismembered and charred cars, shattered windshields, a scooter under a bus and spectators impressed by the scene… Fortunately, no victims are to be deplored this Thursday, May 11, because this curious decor is in fact presented on the nine hectares of the Valdivienne Firefighters Training Center, about forty kilometers from Poitiers (Vienne), where the “technical days of emergency interventions on vehicles (JTIUV)” take place for three days.