What starts a BESS fire is usually invisible long before flames — and India’s CEA rules land April 2027
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A Sept 4 Battery Magazine walkthrough stresses early detection, gas management, and system-level propagation testing over “the BMS will save it,” while India’s CEA 2026 BESS safety chapter (two-fault tolerance, container suppression, independent fire audit) takes effect 1 April 2027. Brokers placing Indian or export-facing storage should push suppliers for configuration-specific UL 9540A / large-scale fire evidence and lifecycle emergency planning, not certificate checklists alone. | Source: https://www.thebatterymagazine.com/thermal-runaway-in-bess-what-actually-starts-a-battery-fire/