Transformer fire at solar power plant under investigation
Electricity distribution company Powercor Australia attended the scene of a transformer fire at a solar power plant near Raywood, Victoria.
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Australia, Victoria: Electricity distribution company Powercor Australia attended the scene of a transformer fire at a solar power plant near Raywood, Victoria. The fire is now being investigated by Energy Safe Victoria. The Country Fire Authority (CFA) Victoria responded to the fire, located outside Bendigo, roughly 155 km northwest of Melbourne, in the late afternoon of 20 February.
A statement from the CFA Victoria explained a transformer caught fire on a moderately sized commercial solar farm and crews used foam to extinguish it. Emergency information website VicEmergency issued a community notice to Raywood residents advising there had been a fire, which was under control, and they may see smoke but there was no threat. The black smoke was described as toxic.
Source: pv magazine
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