ISLAND PARK (WABC) — Top officials across Nassau County are coming together in opposition to lithium-ion battery storage facilities on Long Island.
The main concern is unpredictable and uncontrollable fires that firefighters in the county are just not trained to deal with.
The rally was held by County Executive Bruce Blakeman to oppose placing a lithium-ion battery warehouse on Long Island.
He and fire marshals say Lithium-Ion battery storage warehouses are a dangerous fire hazard that can start large fires that cannot be put out by traditional firefighting, essentially forcing firefighters to let them burn out.
“They can’t be extinguished. They have to burn out. That’s an environmental hazard and it’s a danger to our communities.”
Blakeman opposes having a warehouse, especially because he wants to avoid a disaster like what unfolded in January when a Lithium-Ion battery storage warehouse in Central California went up in flames and…
