Summerside calls Sunbank battery fire out after a week with no water and 24/7 watch
Photo: U.S. EPA (public domain)
After the Sept 7 Labour Day fire, P.E.I. officials spent more than a week with continuous monitoring before handing the site to operations and investigators, noting that “out” for lithium-ion is never absolute. That prolonged first-responder and municipal cost, plus air/water sampling and school disruption, is the soft BI and community-liability story underwriters should price into BESS programs alongside property damage. | Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-summerside-solar-farm-fire-out-9.7352604