A truck full of lithium-ion batteries is burning in Los Angeles, shutting down ports and a bridge. It’s not clear what the batteries were for — but LA’s Vincent Thomas Bridge, leading to the Port of Los Angeles and the next-door Port of Long Beach, has been shut down for at least 15 hours now while local firefighters let the truck burn. State Route 47 was also closed in both directions as of a couple of hours ago.
Amazingly, a local towing company caught the explosion on camera from a nearby drone:
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Gee, it's almost like they need travel restrictions in place for what's coming down the pipe.
Filmed, amazingly enough, by Pepe's Towing Service as the explosion happened.
yes, somethings fishy about this... how often do batteries explode in transport? i mean, when they're not being charged or discharged or used in any way?
not very often, i think
It looks like driver turned too fast / sharp and tipped over.
DIS! ..."almost like travel restrictions in place for what's coming down the pipe."
Rhymes wif NCSWIC, amirite?