[HN] Electric vehicle battery causes fire at Sydney Airport, destroys five cars

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Five cars have been destroyed after a lithium-ion battery exploded at Sydney Airport on Monday night.

Fire and Rescue NSW and the Aviation Rescue Firefighting Service battled the blaze which broke out under the control tower on the southern end of Airport Drive in Mascot.

"EV batteries are very different to the system in smaller devices, like e-scooters or e-bikes," he said.

It is unclear why the battery was removed from the car prior to the fire.

A fire and rescue team monitored the battery overnight, before handing the scene back to airport investigators.

Alternatively, Superintendent Dewberry said firefighters would remain on the scene throughout the night in case of a spark-up.

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Why on earth was the airport screwing around with 400 volt EV batteries?

Those packs weigh half a ton, it's not like swapping the batteries in your TV remote.