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Twenty-seven fire cases involving EV, hybrid cars since 2023, Dewan Negara told

By Bernama

09 Sep 2025, 12:13 pm



KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 9): A total of 27 cases of fire involving electric vehicles (EVs) and hybrid cars were recorded by the Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) from 2023 to July this year, with an average of 10 cases per year nationwide.

Deputy Minister of Housing and Local Government Datuk Aiman ​​Athirah Sabu said while EVs can help reduce dependence on fossil fuels and are more environmentally friendly, they still pose a significant fire risk.

“The JBPM considers EV fires one of the biggest challenges due to the high level of risk during firefighting operations.

“The use of fire blankets is among the most effective methods for extinguishing EV fires, in addition to water and foam,” she said during a question-and-answer session in the Dewan Negara on Tuesday.

She was responding to a question from Senator Datuk Ahmad Ibrahim, who wanted to know whether the ministry plans to purchase and supply fire blankets to fire stations in major cities following the recent increase in EV and hybrid car fire incidents.

Commenting further, Aiman ​​Athirah said the JBPM had procured 318 units of fire blankets worth RM915,000 this year to be distributed to selected fire stations nationwide.

“In addition, the department also received 30 units of fire blankets from the Malaysia Zero Emission Vehicle Association (MyZEVA), which had been distributed in stages starting December 2024 until May 13 this year,” she said.

According to her, the JBPM is also studying the use of other special equipment, including cooling agents or immersion containers, as alternatives in EV extinguishing operations.

"Currently, the cooling agent used by the department to extinguish fire on EVs is water, which aims to reduce the heat level of the battery and thus prevent the fire from becoming larger and spreading to other areas.

"The use of other cooling agents such as dry powder, clean agent and inert gas is not suitable for use in open areas because it requires the concept of total flooding to function effectively," she said in response to a supplementary question by Ahmad regarding other methods of extinguishing EV vehicle fires.

How many ICE fires?

Not important.
EV must have 0 fires worldwide then only ktards will be satisfied

This post has been edited by kaiserreich: Sep 9 2025, 01:25 PM

How many EV car or % on the road here?

Mean JBPM gonna spend more for safety of ev user. So dont koyak when see the spending.

jeng jeng jeng

grab popcorn waiting ktards comments

1 year 10 fire only?

we got more than 10 death on the road everyday and yet you still driving

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In China is way more but the news weeere suppressed

EV cars don have to meet accident to catch fire.

Seems low for EV fire

A small price to pay for nett zero

- Greta Thunderberg

Lol

Useless data lumping hybrid and EV in one category

Thousands of ICE fires per year.

https://www.weekly-echo.com/52-deaths-from-...ire-dept-chief/

Same with ICE and they are far more likely to burn on its own than EV.

Especially when hybrids are even more fire-prone than ICE.

ICE cars only accident will catch fire?

Fire blankets are reusable.

Data is not useful coz no break-down between hybrid, BEV and HEV. Also, no further breakdown on causes of fire, whether due to accident, self-combust, sabotage, modified charger, poor maintenance, etc.

Hualawei average more than >10 ICE car goes on fire everyday in msia

This post has been edited by max_cavalera: Sep 9 2025, 02:36 PM

Too few cases to even begin with. 10 cases per year is like higher chance of getting struck by lightning.

Thought is was soya lansi who posted this. Or maybe TS works for them?

thousands of car accidents per day no one bats an eye

if ICE car catches fire everyone said it's impossible, it must be EV

then if one EV car catches fire everyone blows their fcking mind

A total of 27 cases of fire involving electric vehicles (EVs) and hybrid
10 go to EV, remaining 17 is hybrid????

but /ktard now saying hybrid is the best!! ini macam mana boleh.

Told u ev easy to burn one

then EV should be more than 10 everyday too?

Not important. EV fans will forever say that EV fire is LESS than ICE fires.

Interesting. Here's a photo of EV but it's not the one on fire.


This post has been edited by marvinben: Sep 9 2025, 04:02 PM

Need to divide with how many ICE cars are registered and compare with how many EVs are registered.

Yup. Not sure if JPJ or OpenDOSM has this data so we can get same statistic as below from US NTSB (2022 data)

Wow why hybrids so easy catch fire?

More parts mean more things can go wrong.

Need do post mortem on each and every cases to locate similar usage history/driver habits that led to this.

some owners simply frequently parked their vehicle under hot sun/next to rat infested semak causing electrical malfunctions inside.

This post has been edited by alanyuppie: Sep 9 2025, 04:23 PM

To compare apples with apples, then we have to make the comparison between ICE & EV fires of the age of vehicles. Itu baru betul. Take data from old ICE vehicles fires with all kinds of wiring modifications buat ape ? Siapa dunno that it is a fire hazard.

Yeah.

Once a EV battery caught fire it’s very very hard to put off. Can self combust too

Got combustible fuel and lithium/NiMH combo. 2x the risk of fire. Also I talked to some hybrid owners, they basically said their car nothing much broken and not send for checking often. Less chance for mechanics to spot failing parts.

But Malaysia is hot country.

You mean those Sri Petaling double parkers need to use the multi-storey carpark?

Owai.