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APS McMicken (Surprise, AZ) battery explosion injures four firefighters

S4 · 04/2019
~20:00 · Fluence · Surprise, AZ, USA

Record

CompanyFluence
Categoryenergy storage
Typefire
Date04/2019
Time of day~20:00
LocationSurprise, AZ, USA · APS McMicken battery storage facility
SeverityS4 (serious injury, total loss, or grounding)
Scale1 site, 4 firefighters injured
Confidencehigh
VerificationYes - adversarially checked against the cited source
SourceEnergy-Storage.News

What happened

Fluence assembled and provided technology for the McMicken 2MW/2MWh BESS in Surprise, AZ (batteries supplied by LG Chem); thermal runaway and subsequent gas ignition when firefighters opened the container severely injured four firefighters.

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