Get an electric scooter they said ...
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He's panicked, which I guess I could understand if he hadn't already come to terms with owning an electric scooter and the things you should file in your mind as a result. Just like I cooked up a plan when I built a 3d printer so that, in the event that heater runaway doesn't set my house on fire.
Yet, he does, and didn't, so now he's running around and slipping on floors instead of getting the right extinguisher (best case) or just GTFO.
I'm with others on battery fires, you don't extinguish them, at best you contain them and minimize collateral damage.
The energy is already there in multiple forms (it's the worst hybrid of a chemical, electrical and metal fire all at once), and unlike a regular fire getting it under combustion temperature won't even stop it for long, as there's still a massive chemical potential and damaged containment between it.
Honestly the best you can have for a contingency plan once ignition has occurred is to have something sufficiently long and insulated that will let you relatively safely drag it the fuck outside in the early stages and just hope for the best.