(haipo) – The issue of electric vehicle safety in Haifa has made headlines again. A missile strike in the Neve Sha'anan neighborhood caused an electric vehicle to catch fire, disconnect the vehicle's engine, which was blown nearly a kilometer away, and caused heavy damage. Following the unusual incident, the Haifa Municipality is intensifying its fight to clear the city's electric vehicle storage lots.
During a barrage of missiles aimed at the Haifa area last week (16/6/25), a missile directly hit the Neve Sha'anan neighborhood and set an electric vehicle on fire. The impact was so strong that the vehicle's engine was torn off its place and thrown approximately a kilometer away.
Following the unusual and serious incident, Haifa Mayor Yona Yahav ordered immediate steps to be taken. Over the weekend, the municipality turned to the city's Magistrate's Court in an effort to expedite the decision on a request to issue a closure order for the Haifa Port electric vehicle storage yard, which was filed several months ago.
In its petition to the court, the municipality emphasized that electric vehicles pose a real danger due to the lithium-ion batteries they are equipped with. These batteries may enter a state of "thermal runaway," an internal process in which extremely rapid heating occurs, leading to intense ignition and even repeated explosions.
According to the municipality, the incident that occurred in Neve Sha'anan clearly illustrates the danger of storing electric vehicles in populated areas, especially during security emergencies.
The Coastal District Fire and Rescue Department explained to us: "A burning electric vehicle battery poses an unusual and complex firefighting challenge. In many cases, extinguishing the fire is almost impossible and requires enormous amounts of water, or alternatively allowing the fire to continue until the battery is consumed, depending on the circumstances and access capabilities. In the event of an electric vehicle catching fire in a lot where other vehicles are stored, there is a real danger of the fire spreading to nearby vehicles, which could result in an extremely high combustion intensity, requiring extraordinary firefighting actions and the dangerous spread of flames to nearby areas. A scenario that could quickly become a large-scale emergency."
from the Ministry of Transport It was reported that the issue of the dangerousness of the field is under investigation.
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I hate these trams…
It's very nice that the mayor addressed the cars parked there. But why does it have to be published? The enemy will get the information. They will have food for thought.
Extinguishing a lithium battery fire is possible using an aqueous solution of vermiculite. An inert and non-hazardous material. It is produced in Israel in fire extinguishers and it is advisable for "firefighters" to become familiar with it and equip themselves with it and not make bombastic statements before checking the Internet.
A battery fire spreads very quickly and is more like an explosion. Firefighters will never be able to put it out, even if they have extinguishing agent.
It's amazing that you cover this but not the danger posed by the ZAN factories.
The torches at the BAZN burned regularly before the fighting every night and you refused to investigate the issue, claiming that it was normal despite the smoke and the abnormal flame that appeared most nights. The air pollution they produce is damaging to our health, the existence of the plant threatens our security.
Yona Yahav's next step will be to ban the use of household gas, because one of the missiles caused the explosion of another of the balloons in one of the houses.