AURORA, Colo. — Denver7 talked to a Colorado firefighter who said lithium-ion batteries have completely changed how fire departments respond to emergencies like the crash that killed one person near Buckley Space Force Base on Monday.
Five other people, including children are still recovering. Investigators say a total of four cars, including an Aurora police car were involved. Then an electric vehicle burst into flames, in part, because the battery was damaged.
“This is probably one of the in the fire service career, you know, in decades, hundreds of years – this is probably the most challenging time for the fire service in in history,” Aurora firefighter Paul Shoemaker said. “And we’ve barely touched it at this point.”
Shoemaker travels all over the country training fire departments about lithium-ion battery fires. He said, while these batteries have more power and last longer, the big concern is if the battery is…
