00:00This is Fire Marshal Jake Turling. He studied the video of the fire.
00:03We record each exercise and study how the participants performed.
00:07And Aaron is a former astronaut. He owns the facility.
00:11Can you see?
00:14Yeah, you. What's your name?
00:16Elsbeth Tassioni.
00:18No, I can see fine.
00:27Whoa, something in there exploded.
00:30This was a fast-spreading fire reaching 1800 degrees or higher.
00:34Water alone couldn't extinguish it.
00:36Firefighters had to apply EA foam to deprive it of oxygen.
00:39And you heard that popping sound?
00:41Like grease frying on a skillet.
00:44Exactly.
00:45Tells me this fire was caused by a lithium-ion battery.
00:48So it wasn't a problem with the centrifuge?
00:50No. Fire burns up in a V pattern.
00:54Based on the char patterns, this fire started underneath the victim and then traveled upward.
00:58But what would a lithium-ion battery be doing in a centrifuge?
01:01Victim could have had a device in his hand that fell on the floor.
01:03No, I doubt that.
01:04All the trainees were instructed not to bring anything in with them for safety.
01:08You can watch the video of him entering. His hands are empty.
01:11Maybe he brought something in without realizing it.
01:14He vaped!
01:17Gavin was vaping all through training.
01:19But vape pens are so small.
01:21Doesn't take much.
01:23The pressure from the gravitational force is going to damage the battery.
01:25I tried to get these people to understand the danger.
01:28It's in the waivers.
01:29Sounds like Gavin Morrissey made an honest mistake.
01:32And it cost him his life.
01:34Thank you for pointing the vape thing out to us.
01:36Oh, of course.
01:38I'm just glad I could help.
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