What should I do if a lithium battery catches fire?

The critical risk of a lithium battery catching fire is that the lithium battery will cause thermal runaway due to overheating and even deflagration. Therefore, once a battery cell in the battery pack is thermally runaway due to overheating and igniting, the heat generated by it is sufficient to form adjacent batteries. A new thermal runaway occurred when the unit caught fire, which caused the entire battery pack to catch fire. Therefore, regarding the fire of the lithium battery, the extinguishing procedure is divided into two steps: 1) Extinguish the open flame caused by the fire of the lithium battery. 2) Thermal runaway occurs when cooling the lithium battery. Regarding lithium battery fires, it is absolutely not allowed to use fire blankets and other life-saving products to test pressure to save the living flame, because this will cause the heat to be unable to lose and accelerate the development of thermal runaway. The steps to extinguish the fire of the lithium battery are as follows: 1) Use a halon or water activator to extinguish the open flame. 2) Then use water or non-alcoholic liquid to pour it on the lithium battery for sufficient cooling. In particular, it should be noted that some friends may think that the use of ice cubes is better for cooling purposes! Wrong, very wrong, we must remember that cooling must not use ice cubes, practice has proved that using ice cubes will increase the phenomenon of thermal runaway. Only use water or non-alcoholic liquid for cooling. Be sure to remember. Disclaimer: Some pictures and content of articles published on this site are from the Internet. If there is any infringement, please contact to delete.