ALEX FASULO: Solar panels keep generating electricity during a fire as long as the sun is shining, meaning the wires from the panels to the inverter remain live and dangerous.

If solar complexes catch fire, it poses serious physical risks to the firemen that enter the facilities.

A solar complex caught fire in Schaghticoke, NY this year, and the solar company didn’t clear the complex for the firemen to enter for almost 2 hours.

Why?

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— Alex Fasulo (@alex_fasulo) September 3, 2026

If solar complexes catch fire, it poses serious physical risks to the firemen that enter the facilities. A solar complex caught fire in Schaghticoke, NY this year, and the solar company didn’t clear the complex for the firemen to enter for almost 2 hours. Why? Solar panels keep generating electricity during a fire as long as the sun is shining, meaning the wires from the panels to the inverter remain live and dangerous. What could go wrong with letting one of these burn for 2 hours? ORES is trying to build these complexes, in some towns, near schools. At the Copake, NY hearing, the fire company there took the stand to talk about how dangerous it is to put an industrial complex like this next to the school. ORES doesn’t listen… because they’re captured by the industry they’re tasked with regulating.

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