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ELECTRIC PICKUPS IN FLAMES IN A
DEARBORN PARKING LOT. NOBODY’S
INSIDE. HOPEFULLY 1 50 LIGHTNING
FIRES ARE REIGNITING A GROWING
CONCERN OVER THE BATTERIES IN
ELECTRIC VEHICLES. WE START HERE
AT SIX WITH THE DIFFICULTY OF
PUTTING OUT AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE
FIRE. GOOD EVENING AND THANKS
FOR BEING WITH US. I’M KIMBERLY
GILL GOOD EVENING. I’M KAREN
DREW INFER DEVIN SCILLIAN
TONIGHT, FORD SHUT DOWN
PRODUCTION OF THE POPULAR
ELECTRIC TRUCK FOR FIVE WEEKS
FOLLOWING THIS FIRE IN DEARBORN
THAT HAPPENED BACK IN FEBRUARY.
WHEN THE FIRE WAS OUT. THIS IS
ALL THAT WAS LEFT OF THAT
LIGHTNING TRUCK. BUSINESS EDITOR
RAY MELONI TALKED TO LOCAL FIRE
DEPARTMENTS ABOUT WHAT IT TAKES
TO PUT OUT AN E V FIRE. ROD
JOINS US LIVE FROM SOUTH GATE
AND IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME. A
LOT OF WATER. IT’S A BATTLE ROD.
YEAH AND A LOT OF FIREFIGHTERS
AREN’T NECESSARILY PREPARED
BECAUSE THEY PROBABLY HAVEN’T
SEEN A FIRE. AND IN FACT, THIS
IMPRESSIVE VIDEO THAT WE’RE
LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW CAME FROM
THE DEARBORN FIRE DEPARTMENT AND
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. CNBC WAS
ABLE TO GET IT UNDER A FREEDOM
OF INFORMATION REQUEST. THEY
SHARED THE VIDEO WITH US, AND IT
GIVES US A FRONT ROW SEAT AT HOW
DIFFICULT PUTTING IT ON TV FIRE
IS WHY IS THE AUTOMAKERS HAVE
BEEN TRAINING FIRE DEPARTMENTS
HOW TO COPE WITH THESE EVENTS
FIRES FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF
YEARS. BUT WHEN THE FIRES REACH
WHAT’S KNOWN AS THERMAL RUNAWAY
FIREFIGHTERS KNOW THEY HAVE ONE
NEXT LEVEL, VERY HOT AND
FRIGHTENING CONFLAGRATION ON
THEIR HANDS. THIS WAS THE SCENE
LAST FEBRUARY AND AFFORD
DEARBORN LOT ONE CHARGING F 1 50
LIGHTNING BURNED, SETTING TO
OTHERS NEXT TO IT ON
UNQUENCHABLE FIRE. DEARBORN IS
FIRE DEPARTMENT ISN’T COMMENTING
ON THIS BLAZE, BUT BLOOMFIELD
TOWNSHIP FIRE CHIEF JOHN LEROI
KNOWS FIRSTHAND THE PROBLEM. WE
JUST KNOW THAT IT’S GOING TO
NEED A LOT MORE WATER, WHEREAS
OPPOSED IN THE PAST A SIMPLE CAR
FIREWOOD. WE COULD FIGHT IT WITH
ONE TANK OF WATER ON HER TRUCK.
HOWEVER NOW THE E VISA. NO,
WE’RE GONNA NEED TO HOOK TO A
FIRE HYDRANT TO TRY TO PUT IT
OUT. OF COURSE. OUR HIGHWAYS
AREN’T LINED WITH FIRE HYDRANTS,
WHICH MEANS SIMPLY LETTING THE
VEHICLE BURN ITSELF OUT, LEROY
SAYS, PUT A CHAIN ONTO THE FIRE
TRUCK’S BUMPER AND PULL THE
VEHICLE AWAY FROM ANYTHING ELSE
THAT COULD BURN, MOVING IT TO A
PLACE WHERE IT CAN COMBUST BY
ITSELF AND NOT SPREAD SOMEWHERE
ELSE. MORE DISCONCERTING IF
EVE’S BURNED INSIDE A GARAGE
LIKE WHAT HAPPENED IN BLOOMFIELD
TOWNSHIP LAST MONTH. THE ROYALS
FIRE DEPARTMENT IMMEDIATELY
CALLED IN ALL THE AVAILABLE
LOCAL HELP THEY COULD GET WHEN
THEY LEARNED AN E V SAT INSIDE
WITH THREE OTHER GASOLINE FILLED
VEHICLES. UNTIL THE PRODUCT IS
TOTALLY CONSUMED. THEY WILL
CONTINUE TO POSSIBLY FLARE UP
UNTIL ALL OF THAT HEAT IS
REMOVED FROM THE FROM THE
BATTERY ITSELF. NOW WHEN FORD
WENT AND LOOKED INTO ALL OF
THIS, THEY ENDED UP RECALLING 18
VEHICLES FOUND OUT THAT IT WAS A
PROBLEM WITH THE BATTERY PLANT
THE WAY THE BATTERIES WERE BEING
ASSEMBLED DOWN IN GEORGIA. THEY
SAY THAT THEY HAVE FIXED THAT
PROBLEM, AND THEY’VE MOVED ON
NOW IN THE PRODUCTION IS BACK UP
AND RUNNING, AND EVERYTHING
SHOULD BE OKAY. BUT FIREFIGHTERS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY KNOW THAT
THEY HAVE GOT TO GET BETTER AT
THIS BECAUSE THERE’S GOING TO BE
MASS ADOPTION HERE VERY SOON
BACK TO FIREFIGHTERS I TALKED TO
ARE SAYING, HEY, WE NEED SOME
BETTER TRAINING, OBVIOUSLY, AND
EQUIPMENT TO DEAL WITH THIS WHEN
YOU’RE TALKING TO THE FOLKS,
WHAT ARE THEY SAYING ABOUT THESE
EVENTS? IS THIS THE ONLY PLACE
WHERE THE KINDS OF FIRES THAT
WE’RE SEEING THAT ARE CAUSING
THE TROUBLE THE ELECTRICAL
VEHICLES? INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH,
KAREN YOU ASKED THAT BECAUSE
WHAT THEY’RE FINDING IS NOT ONLY
IS IT E V ELECTRIC VEHICLES, BUT
IT’S SCOOTERS AND ELECTRIC
BICYCLES. THEY SAY THAT IN NEW
YORK CITY IN PARTICULAR THEY
HAVE HAD THESE BICYCLES AND
ELECTRIC BIKES AND THE SCOOTERS
CHARGING IN HALLWAYS, BURNING
THE HOUSES DOWN. THEY ADVISE
ANYBODY WITH AN ELECTRIC BIKE OR
ELECTRIC SCOOTER TO CHARGE IT
OUTSIDE AWAY FROM THE HOUSE.
VERY GOOD ADVICE. ALRIGHT, WE
APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, ROD.
THE MAN ACCUSED OF MURDERING A W
W J ANCHOR WILL BE SPENDING THE
REST OF HIS LIFE IN PRISON.
TODAY A PONTIAC MAN PLEADED NO
CONTEST FOR THE BRUTAL KILLING
OF JIM MATTHEWS AND THE ATTACK
ON MATTHEW’S GIRLFRIEND AND TWO
CHILDREN. MEGAN WOODS IS
FOLLOWING THIS STORY FOR US,
MEGAN IT WAS A RARE MOVE IN
COURT TODAY. TO ADD TO THAT,
MACOMB COUNTY PROSECUTOR PETE
LUCIDO SAYS WHAT HAPPENED TODAY
OR HE DESCRIBED IT AS MORE THAN
A SURPRISE. I HAVE NOT YET SEEN
TOO MANY THAT WALK IN TAKING A
LIFE SENTENCE AND JUST PLEADING
OUTCOME TO A CASE JUST AS RARE.
HE REFERS TO WHAT HAPPENED IN
CHESTERFIELD TOWNSHIP LAST
SEPTEMBER AS DESPICABLE JUDGING
WITH A HAMMER. REPEATED BLOWS
AND THE INFORMATION FROM THE
MEDICAL EXAMINER CLEARLY SHOWS
BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA. YOU KNOW,
MORE THAN 15 TIMES THE CHILDREN
THAT THAT WERE BOUND WITH TAPE.
AND NICOLE, WHOSE THROAT WAS
CUT, BUT SHE LIVED. THESE THINGS
ARE NOT EVEN A PART OF OUR
SOCIETY, NOR SHOULD THEY BE
TAKEN LIGHTLY CONTEST PLEA ACTS
AS A GUILTY PLEA AND HE SAYS IT
CAN BE GIVEN FOR MULTIPLE
REASONS. POTENTIAL CIVIL
LIABILITY OR THE FACT IS THAT HE
COULD HAVE BEEN STRUNG OUT ON
DRUGS AT THE TIME OF THE
INCIDENT AND DOESN’T REMEMBER
WITH TOTAL CLARITY WHAT EXACTLY
HIS ACTIONS WERE PROSECUTOR. HE
DOESN’T KNOW WHY ARTHUR
WILLIAMSON PLED, BUT HE SAYS
THEY WILL. OH, ASKED THE JUDGE
FOR LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE.
APPRECIATIVE THAT ARE TAXPAYERS
HERE IN MACOMB COUNTY ARE GOING
TO BE SPARED THE EXPANSE. AND I
APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT JUSTICE
WILL BE DONE FINALLY SERVED. HE
ALSO SAYS WHILE WILLIAMSON TOOK
SO MUCH FROM THIS FAMILY, HIS
DECISION TODAY ACTUALLY DID A
SERVICE TO THIS FAMILY SO THEY
DON’T HAVE TO GO THROUGH A TRIAL
AND THEY CAN CONTINUE ON THIS
HEALING PROCESS, AND WILLIAMS
SAID HE IS SET TO BE SENTENCED
LATER NEXT MONTH. REPORTING LIVE
. MEGAN WOODS, LOCAL 4, OKAY,
MEGAN SAINTS. WELL AFTER A
STRING OF VIOLENCE AND DOWNTOWN
DETROIT THE CITY IS ROLLING OUT
SOME NEW PLANS TO KEEP THE
STREETS SAFE THIS SUMMER. IT IS
A 12 POINT PLAN THAT INVOLVES
THE USE OF METAL DETECTORS.
POLICE CHIEF JAMES WHITE SAYS
MORE POLICE WILL BE PATROLLING
AREAS LIKE GREEKTOWN AND THE
RIVER WALK. THEY WILL ALSO BE
CLOSING DOWN ROADS AND FORCING
THE CITY’S CURFEW AND CRACKING
DOWN ON DRINKING ALCOHOL IN
PUBLIC CROWD MANAGEMENT WILL
PUSH PEOPLE TOWARDS METAL
DETECTORS THAT WILL SCREEN
CROWDS FOR WEAPONS. IF YOU ARE
LEGALLY IN POSSESSION OF A CPL.
AND YOU SHOW THAT CPL. NO
PROBLEM IF YOU ARE LEGALLY
CARRYING A GUN ILLEGALLY
CARRYING A GUN, YOU ARE NOT
WELCOME. THERE WILL ALSO BE A
HOTLINE CALLED EAGLE EYE. THE
CITY WILL GIVE OUT $250 FOR TIPS
ON SOMEONE CARRYING A WEAPON.
THE JUDGE SAID SOME A DEADLINE
IN THE FIGHT OVER HIGHLAND
PARK’S $24 MILLION WATER BILL,
THE COURT RULED THE CITY AND THE
GREAT LAKES WATER AUTHORITY WILL
HAVE TO COME UP WITH A PAYMENT
PLAN. HIGHLAND PARK IS ASKING
THE STATE TO ALLOW IT TO FILE
FOR BANKRUPTCY. IN A STATEMENT,
THE CITY OF HIGHLAND PARK SAYS
IT’S HOPEFUL THIS COURT ORDERED
FACILITATION WILL ALLOW THE CITY
TO USE AN EXTENDED PAYMENT PLAN.
AND PROPOSED. IN PROPOSED.
PAYMENT PLAN PROPOSED IN 2014.
SKY FOUR IS OVER A SERIOUS CRASH
IN WEST BLOOMFIELD. IT APPEARS A
CAR HAS HIT A TREE AND ROLLED
RIGHT NOW. ORCHARD LAKE FROM
MAPLE TO PINEHURST IS CLOSED. WE
DON’T KNOW WHAT CAUSED THE
ACCIDENT OR IF ANYONE WAS HURT,
BUT POLICE ARE ASKING PEOPLE TO
AVOID THAT AREA. HOW IT’S THAT
TIME OF YEAR. DRIVERS ARE
DODGING MORE POTHOLES ALL AROUND
METRO DETROIT, BUT ONE POTHOLE
IN PARTICULAR HAS SEVERAL PEOPLE
CALLING OUR HELP ME, HANK TIP
LINE. THE PROBLEM HOT HOLE IS
OVER AN EIGHT MILE AND RYAN NEAR
THE BORDER BETWEEN DETROIT AND
WARREN CONSUMER INVESTIGATOR
HANK WINCHESTER LIVE TONIGHT.
ONE CALLER HAS A BIG REPAIR BILL
BECAUSE OF THIS ONE. KAREN YOU
KNOW WHEN YOU ADD UP THE PARTS
OF THE LABOR MORE THAN $1000, I
HEARD THAT SIDE FROM YOU. I
MEAN, HERE WE ARE. POTHOLE
SEASON AGAIN. WE’RE TALKING
ABOUT THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR.
EIGHT MILE AND RYAN, TAKE A
LOOK. YOU CAN SEE IT THERE IN
THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION
NOW, AND THAT WAS OUT HERE
TODAY. THEY DID DO SOME
PATCHWORK. THAT IS THE GOOD
NEWS. BUT WHETHER IT’S THIS ONE
HERE ON EIGHT MILE OR ONE IN
YOUR COMMUNITY HERE WE GO AGAIN.
AND WHEN I HIT IT IT WAS A BOOM
, THE BIG BOOM AND THEN MY CAR
STARTED TO SHAKE REALLY BAD.
STEWART CAN STILL REMEMBER THE
FEELING THE IMPACT THE NOISE OF
WHEN SHE HAD A HUGE POTHOLE LATE
ONE NIGHT AND EIGHT MILE NEAR
RIOT. THERE WERE TWO MORE CARS
THAT WERE ALL GOING THROUGH THE
SAME THING. THE SAME THE SAME
POTHOLE, ALL WITHIN ABOUT 45
MINUTES OF EACH OTHER DAMAGE,
NOT JUST TO HER TIRE, BUT TO HER
STRUTS AND OTHER PARTS OF THE
VEHICLE. THE PARTS ALONE MORE
THAN $500. I JUST WANT
REIMBURSEMENT BECAUSE IT WASN’T
MY FAULT. IT WAS THIS BIG, OLD
GIANT HOLE IN THE MIDDLE OF
EIGHT MILES. IF YOU HAVE
PROBLEMS WITH A POTHOLE, THERE
IS AN M DOT TIP LINE. 888296454
YOU CAN FILE FOR REIMBURSEMENT.
TO $1000 ON THE STATE WEBSITE.
BUT TAKE A LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS
. ONLY EIGHT OF 298 CLAIMS WERE
PAID OUT IN 2021. MM DOT MUST BE
AWARE OF THE PROBLEM POTHOLE AND
NOT FIX IT FOR AT LEAST 30 DAYS
TO ASSUME ANY FAULT THEY SETTLED
NINE CLAIMS OUT OF ABOUT 300.
WOW. THAT IS CERTAINLY NOT
PROMISING NEWS FOR ALL OF US WHO
ARE DRIVING THESE STREETS IN
METRO DETROIT. NOW THE GOOD NEWS
AND THAT AND CRUZ WITH THE
STATE. THEY ARE OUT THERE OUT
EVERY SINGLE DAY FILLING THESE
POTHOLES, BUT THEY NEED TO HEAR
FROM YOU IF YOU SPOT A PROBLEM
POTHOLE IN YOUR COMMUNITY
CONTACT THAT TIP LINE OR LET ME
KNOW SO WE CAN LET THE STATE
KNOW TO GET OUT THERE AND TAKE
CARE OF IT. WE’RE LIVE HERE
TONIGHT ON THE EAST SIDE OF
DETROIT, HANK WINCHESTER, HELP
ME HANG LOCAL 4 HOW THOSE CLAIM
NUMBERS ARE HORRIBLE, BUT I
GUESS THAT’S WHAT IT IS. ALL
RIGHT. THANK YOU, HANK. RIGHT I
KNOW WHAT SHE’S GOING THROUGH
HER HEAD TO LAST SEASON. THINGS
ARE LOOKING OKAY RIGHT NOW ON
THE DRIVE HOME IN SOUTHFIELD, WE
MAY SEE SOME RAIN DROPS OUT
THERE TONIGHT AND MORE ON THE
WAY TO FOREWARN METEOROLOGIST.
KIM ADAMS IS HERE RIGHT NOW TO
TRACK THOSE CHANGES FOR US. KIM
JUST CRY BIT. IT’S OKAY. IT’S
NOT BAD. IT’S NOT AS NICE AS
WHAT WE WANTED OR WHAT WE
EXPECTED. BUT IT’S OKAY.
TEMPERATURES ARE STILL ABOVE
NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR,
AND WE HAVE NOTICED THE
TEMPERATURES START TO CLIMB.
JUST A LITTLE LATE IN THE DAY.
71 ADRIAN ALSO IN JACKSON, 70 IN
LANSING, BUT YOU GO OVER TO THE
EAST SIDE LAGGING BEHIND MOUNT
CLEMENS. AT 58. THERE’S A WARM
FRONT. YOU CAN PRETTY MUCH SEE
EXACTLY WHERE IT IS WITH THE
TEMPERATURES IN THE SEVENTIES IN
THE WARM SECTOR OUT AHEAD OF IT
ONLY IN THE FIFTIES JUST
COULDN’T GET THAT WARM FRONT IN
HERE. WE HAD SOME SHOWERS THIS
MORNING THAT BASICALLY BLOCKED
THAT FROM COMING FARTHER NORTH,
SO BOTTLED UP ALL THAT WARM AIR
JUST TO OUR SOUTH 82 IN COLUMBUS
, NOW 83 IN INDIANAPOLIS. THIS
AND IT DOESN’T LOOK LIKE WE’RE
GETTING INTO THAT WARM WEATHER
ANYTIME SOON. WE’RE ALSO
EXPECTING SOME RAIN. IF YOU’D
LIKE TO KNOW WHAT IT’S GOING TO
DO IN YOUR BACKYARD. YOU CAN
HAVE INTERACTIVE RADAR RIGHT IN
THE PALM OF YOUR HAND AND YOU
CAN REALLY TRACK OUT. THE