Salt water from the ocean is an option for fighting L.A.'s fires, ... and also the electricity used to pump the water had been turned off so that there would not spark anymore fire," Chu said.

Will your home filter remove salt from drinking water? Probably not Reverse osmosis filters run about $200 to go under a single sink and can filter salt, and contaminants, out of seawater.

Following Hurricane Ian, it's estimated that 5,000 EVs were compromised by water and 36 of them caught fire. Not every EV that's submerged will catch fire, but it's important to heed warnings ...

The real danger for bags of salt water like us is electric current. And you can get a fatal current from voltages way lower than 240 V. Current is the flow of electrical charge.