Our title block paraphrases a Chevrolet Bolt owner’s inquiry with an image showing her Level 2 EV charger melted and the area showing signs of having burned. She needs our help to make this situation safer for her and her family.

The Contra Costa Fire Department said the batteries of an electric vehicle were still off gassing after an underground parking garage blaze was put out in Walnut Creek Wednesday evening. Contra Costa Fire reported the incident on social media at 5:20 p.

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Crews extinguished a car fire in a parking garage in Walnut Creek on Wednesday evening and vapors from the fire prompted the county to issue a shelter-in-place for people near the garage.

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Firefighters remained on scene for more than four hours after extinguishing the flames to monitor the vehicle's batteries as they cooled. Fire officials say that EV batteries can reignite and continue to burn for long periods of time even after they have been extinguished.

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As soon as staff members noticed flames and smoke rising from the vehicles, they immediately alerted the fire department. Fire tenders from Zirakpur and Dera Bassi were rushed to the spot and began firefighting operations.