Fact Check: Short Circuit Was Deemed The Likely Cause Of 2016 Fire On Cargo Ship Off East Coast of US In Storm -- EVs Not Implicated
Fact Check
Did salt water and car batteries cause a fire that spread through the motor vehicles loaded on the top on the deck of a cargo ship? Yes, that is possible: In an insurance trade magazine report, the appointed surveyor who investigated the 2016 incident on board the Baltimar Zephyr said the presumed cause of the fire was a short circuit…