FIRE PROTECTION DEVICE FOR AN AT LEAST PARTIALLY ELECTRICALLY OPERATED MOTOR VEHICLE, AND FIRE SENSOR

A fire protection device () is provided for an at least partially electrically operated motor vehicle for detecting a fire caused by a battery device () of the vehicle. The fire protection device () includes a fire sensor () that is connected operatively to a monitoring system (). The fire sensor () has a monitoring current conductor () that is suitable and configured for being interrupted by fire-induced destruction in the event of a fire. The monitoring system () is suitable and configured for detecting the fire by the interrupted monitoring current conductor ().