Hacker News with Generative AI: Fire Safety

Fire Breaks Out at a Data Center Leased by Elon Musk's X (wired.com)
A fire broke out Thursday morning at a data center in Hillsboro, Oregon, leased by Elon Musk’s X, forcing an extended response from emergency crews, according to multiple sources who spoke to WIRED.
Data Centers, Fire Safety, Elon Musk
6 points by coloneltcb 19 hours ago | 1 comments
Connecticut Fire Officials Warn Against TikTok Challenge That Can Result in Fire (portal.ct.gov)
Connecticut State Fire Marshal Lauri Volkert and State Fire Administrator Jeff Morrissette are issuing a warning about a recent social media trend.
Fire Safety, Social Media, Connecticut, TikTok
8 points by josephcsible 15 days ago | 0 comments
The OVHcloud fire still smolders (2024) (datacenterdynamics.com)
Three years after an OVHcloud data center burned to the ground, more questions than answers about the incident remain
Data Centers, Fire Safety, OVHcloud, Disaster Recovery
20 points by varun_ch 32 days ago | 15 comments
Boron-Based Flame Retardants: Enabling Everyday Safety (borax.com)
On November 6, 1961, one of the most costly and destructive residential fires in California history ignited.
Safety, Fire Safety, Chemistry, Materials Science
15 points by guerrilla 47 days ago | 2 comments
What's in that bright red fire retardant? No one will say, so we had it tested (laist.com)
An LAist investigation found toxic heavy metals in samples of fire retardant collected from the Palisades, Eaton and Franklin fires. Here's what that means.
Environmental Issues, Fire Safety, Chemical Analysis, Public Health, Journalism
193 points by littlexsparkee 50 days ago | 127 comments
Tesla car battery catches fire as crews demolish home damaged in prev blaz (wjla.com)
A two-story Montgomery County, Maryland home destroyed in a fire from November 2024 caught fire again Wednesday, this time due to a Tesla car battery found at the scene, according to a Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service (MCFRS) official.
Fire Safety, Tesla, Battery Fires, Maryland
9 points by mikequinlan 76 days ago | 4 comments
"A pair of scissors sitting on my table suddenly burst into flames" (reddit.com)
A pair of scissors sitting on my table (formica top) suddenly burst into flames. No heat source, electricity, or battery nearby. No contact with anything but the table. I suspect some sort of chemical reaction between the handles and the table occurred. Any ideas?
Strange Occurrences, Household Mysteries, Chemistry, Fire Safety
12 points by davidbarker 102 days ago | 0 comments
Three AM 911 call, 9 AM salesman (wholelottanothing.org)
A few days ago, the smoke alarms in my house went off at 3am, so we got up and took it seriously when we smelled smoke everywhere. But after 20 minutes of searching high and low, we couldn't find a source, so as a precaution, we called 911 to let our fire department stop by to check things out too.
Home Safety, Fire Safety, Personal Experiences
171 points by wawayanda 112 days ago | 83 comments
Fire at Moss Landing battery plant spurs evacuations, road closures (mercurynews.com)
Flames continued to spew early Friday morning in the community of Moss Landing and the Elkhorn Slough area in northern Monterey County after a major fire at a battery storage plant that brought evacuations.
Fire Safety, Evacuations, Battery Storage, California, Environment
9 points by Animats 127 days ago | 1 comments
Why the Getty Center Is the Safest Place for Art During a Fire (2019) (getty.edu)
Art, Fire Safety, Museums
105 points by wallflower 131 days ago | 43 comments
Inconvenient truths about the fires burning in Los Angeles from two fire experts (latimes.com)
For decades, Jack Cohen and Stephen Pyne have studied the history and behavior of wildfires. The magnitude of destruction this week in Los Angeles and Altadena, they argue, could have been mitigated. Society’s understanding and relationship to fire has to change if the conflagrations like these are to be prevented.
Wildfires, Climate Change, Los Angeles, Environmentalism, Fire Safety
34 points by andsoitis 132 days ago | 63 comments
Social Media and Fire Exits (pluralistic.net)
Of course you should do everything you can to prevent fires – and also, you should build fire exits, because no matter how hard to you try, stuff burns. That includes social media sites.
Social Media, Safety, Fire Safety
5 points by worik 160 days ago | 0 comments
Fire risk assessment of battery home storage compared to general house fires (ssrn.com)
Battery storage systems are becoming an integral part of the energy transition, as they offer the possibility of bridging time windows in which self-generated renewable energy is not available and they are able to deliver manifold system services to the grid.
Energy, Fire Safety, Battery Technology, Renewable Energy
185 points by gnabgib 165 days ago | 205 comments
Fireball.xyz – the best place to learn about smoke detectors (fireball.xyz)
Fire Safety, Home Improvement, Technology, Safety
7 points by kirillzubovsky 216 days ago | 0 comments
It took 50k gallons of water to put out Tesla Semi fire (apnews.com)
California firefighters had to douse a flaming battery in a Tesla Semi with about 50,000 gallons (190,000 liters) of water to extinguish flames after a crash, the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday.
Tesla, Electric Vehicles, Fire Safety, Accidents
7 points by mizzao 251 days ago | 1 comments
It took 50K gallons of water to put out Tesla Semi fire in California (apnews.com)
California firefighters had to douse a flaming battery in a Tesla Semi with about 50,000 gallons (190,000 liters) of water to extinguish flames after a crash, the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday.
Electric Vehicles, Fire Safety, Tesla, California
8 points by pseudolus 252 days ago | 0 comments
It took 50k gallons of water to put out Tesla Semi fire in CA, US agency says (apnews.com)
California firefighters had to douse a flaming battery in a Tesla Semi with about 50,000 gallons (190,000 liters) of water to extinguish flames after a crash, the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday.
Electric Vehicles, California, Fire Safety, Transportation Safety
8 points by c420 253 days ago | 1 comments
Residential Firetraps: Buildings wrapped in solid gasoline (reuters.com)
Fire Safety, Residential Buildings, News, Journalism
33 points by anjel 262 days ago | 0 comments
Fire at South Korea lithium battery plant kills at least 16 people (nbcnews.com)
Fire Safety, Lithium Batteries, South Korea, Accidents, Industrial Accidents
98 points by rntn 333 days ago | 39 comments
From Fire Hazards to Family Trees: The Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps (publicdomainreview.org)
History, Maps, Architecture, Fire Safety
54 points by prismatic 342 days ago | 6 comments
African Americans Have the Highest Rate of Fire Deaths and Injuries (2021) (cpsc.gov)
Fire Safety, Public Health, Statistics, United States
26 points by frasermarlow 365 days ago | 23 comments
Boeing locks out private firefighters after contract talks break down (wsws.org)
Boeing, Labor Disputes, Fire Safety
13 points by PaulHoule 375 days ago | 5 comments