Posted on 07/28/2023 6:34:58 AM PDT by Red Badger
A “battery fire” at a rural New York solar farm has triggered warnings from authorities for local residents to avoid the toxic smoke plumes billowing from the site.
Democrat Gov. Kathy Hochul issued a warning Thursday night for locals to stay away from the site near Lake Ontario.
The blaze began around 1 pm at a solar farm in Jefferson County, outside the village of Chaumont, according to WWNY-TV.
The village is about 78 miles north of Syracuse and near the Canadian border.
Photos and videos aired by the local news station show smoke shooting from a solar panel array and coursing over trees.
In a statement, Hochul described the incident as “a large battery fire” and said she was sending state fire and environmental officials to the site.
The Democrat governor said the fire had caused significant damage and was emitting “large amounts of smoke that may pose health risks.”
She urged residents to heed public health officials and avoid exposure to any smoke or other toxins.
Emergency crews remained on the scene around 9 p.m.
A message seeking more information was sent to the Jefferson County fire director.
Fire officials appear to have the blaze under control.
However, the warning of “health risks” is still in place as of Friday morning.
Several state agencies had been deployed to the area to assist local and county officials, Hochul added.
There was no word on what may have sparked the fire.
There are more than 5,000 solar farms across the U.S., according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
In 2022, they produced 3.4% of the nation’s electricity, the agency said.
Saving muvver erf is hard. Oh, and dangerous too. Hey gangreen/climageddonists......🖕
✔ safe from climate change!
Oops. How useful is a solar farm near the Canadian border with lake effect snow during winter? Asking for a friend.
Please don’t ask hard questions. :-)
Well, you can always warm yourself from the heat..................
The land for the solar farm was sold by a realtor who made a commision. The seller made a windfall profit on the sale
Solar farm battery fire
Scooters burning up NYC
EVs sinking ships
EV range manipulated
EV range no reliable in extreme temps
EVs banned from public parking garages
EVs burning down houses
Windmills killing birds and falling apart
No place to scrap EVs and they become Hazardous and Toxic Waste
Extreme and growing costs for all things renewable
What could go wrong?
Will the renewable scam collapse?
Not likely. They will spend your last dollar to make it all keep going.
Hochul blames , Global Warming , Climate Change and Trump ?
You know, if you pile enough “officials” on that fire, you could probably put it out.
We must invest in batteries
Nah. Just more toxic fumes. 🤔😁👍
Everyone needs to stop calling these farms!
Gov. How long does one need to hold their breath?
92 nuclear power plants produce 20% of the nation’s electricity... 🧐. That means we need another 24,000 solar farms...... 🧐 no wonder they want to keep us within 15 miles of home.... there will be no where to go with the rest of the country filled with solar farms!
That fire will go on for days, I doubt they are even fighting it anymore.
Another photo of climate control in action.
Fear not that tang in the air is just mercury burning.
Those are green toxic gases, so what is the problem?
What? Are we growing batteries now? And the greenies are still bitching?
Solar panels probably made in China.
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