Electric vehicle battery fires can produce very high temperatures if left unchecked. The Laser 8396 fire blanket has been introduced to help reduce and control the risk of a vehicle fire spreading to other nearby structures and vehicles by starving the fire of oxygen and thereby keeping the temperatures under control. It should be noted that EV battery fires are self-oxygenating so a fire blanket can only help control the fire, it may not fully extinguish it. The 8396, once deployed, should not be removed until trained fire fighting personnel have fully assessed the situation. Applications include carparks, ferries, breakdown situations, by emergency services and in motorsport etc.