Residents told to shelter in place due to potentially toxic smoke from solar farm fire https://www.wwnytv.com/2023/07/27/residents-told-shelter-place-due-potentially-toxic-smoke-solar-farm-fire/
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Well, this is a first for Northern NY With all the many many solar farms constructed, under constructed, and planned for Northern NYS are Fire Depts and Emergency Services need to plan for this Currently, no FD has a way to fight a lithium battery fire here
NYS Assemblyman Gray posted that crews and equipment are coming up from Syracuse to help and monitor air quality We have no effective way to deal with these kind of fires in the State as Government moves us a lightspeed into electrifying everything
Which means millions of Lithium batteries across the State Each a potential fire that can't currently be put out when they get compromised