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An unoccupied display home caught fire on Kondelea Way about 10.30am on October 13, 2018 with the solar isolator switch in the garage identified as the cause. ACT Fire and Rescue’s fire [...]

Firefighters want better safeguards when facing the dangers posed by the country’s fastest-growing source of renewable energy. Fire and Rescue NSW wants solar panels equipped with a power [...]

A solar panel that caught fire has sparked an emergency response in a Sunshine Coast suburban street. The alarm was first raised at 11.21am after smoke started issuing from the solar panels on [...]

Firefighters have prevented a blaze on the roof of a Sunshine Coast home from spreading further after the property’s solar panels burst into flames. Fire crews, paramedics and police [...]

Fire crews were called to a home in Bli Bli just after 8.30am after the panels caught fire. Paramedics also attended but did not treat anyone at the scene. Fire crews made safety checks to ensure [...]

“I’ve dealt with 500 solar systems which have caught fire. If it was any other industry there would be a class action.” Pasma electrical encourages consumers to buy the best equipment and avoid [...]

A FIRE on the roof of an Idalia home has been extinguished before it could fully engulf the building. A Queensland Fire and Emergency Services spokeswoman said a solar panel on the roof of a [...]

A QUEENSLAND Fire and Emergency Service crew was called to a Point Vernon home after reports of a house fire. The owner of the home told the QFES the fire started around wiring in a solar panel [...]

Firefighters are attended a fire in Schmidt St, Frenchville caused by solar panels Three crews attended the scene “investigating possible flames that were seen coming from roof”. It is [...]

An Ellenbrook family was forced to run for their lives as their home exploded into flames. It’s believed the fire started the in the garage of the Wilsons’ Killara Avenue home around 1pm. Ken [...]