Spike in solar panel fires
In the past three months, Fire and Rescue have extinguished 30 blazes believed to be sparked by panels, a 20 per cent increase on last year.
In the past three months, Fire and Rescue have extinguished 30 blazes believed to be sparked by panels, a 20 per cent increase on last year.
Just after 12.30pm, Fire and Rescue NSW crews from Lambton and Newcastle Fire Stations responded to Addison Road, New Lambton following reports of a house fire.
Fire fighters extinguished a blaze after solar panels caught fire at a Brinsmead home in Cairns, Queensland.
Fearing for the safety of its customers, its employees, and the general public, Walmart demands solar system is removed.
Banora Point & Tweed Heads firefighters responded to a report of a unit fire on Kirkwood Rd, Tweed Heads South.
An unoccupied display home caught fire with the solar isolator switch in the garage identified as the cause.
A solar panel that caught fire has sparked an emergency response in a Sunshine Coast suburban street.
Firefighters want better safeguards when facing the dangers posed by the country’s fastest-growing source of renewable energy.
Fire crews were called to a home in Bli Bli just after 8.30am after the panels caught fire.
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.