Maternity hospital evacuated after large solar panel fire

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By Paul Homewood

h/t Ian Cunningham

BBC report on a solar panel fire at a Bristol hospital yesterday:

Pregnant women were moved to safety earlier after a large fire broke out on the roof of a maternity hospital.

Emergency services were called to reports of a fire involving solar panels at St Michael’s Hospital, on Southwell Street in Bristol, shortly before 16:30 BST.

Mothers-to-be and babies were moved outside of the building, supported by midwives who brought out milk and fruit. The fire was extinguished within an hour and the hospital reopened by 19:00.

Jess Hutchinson, 22, whose waters had broken, said it was “scary” hearing the fire on the roof, where a number of solar panels have been destroyed by the flames.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clygn1p8nwzo

Whatever the exact cause, it is a reminder of the danger of putting large quantities of inflammable electrical equipment on the roof of a public building.