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A Battery Fire at a P.E.I. Solar Farm Is Finally Out. Canada May Not Be Ready for More

Officials closed schools and set a 500-metre evacuation zone as crews contained toxic smoke from the battery fire, which burned for days.

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The solar farm battery fire in Summerside, P.E.I., is now deemed out, but fire experts say what happened there should concern communities far beyond the Island.

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A battery fire at a P.E.I. solar farm is finally out. Canada may not be ready for more

The solar farm battery fire in Summerside, P.E.I., is now deemed out, but fire experts say what happened there should concern communities far beyond the Island.

·Ottawa, Canada
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PEI Solar Farm Fire Latest in Major Battery Facility Incidents

File photo shows firefighters working to put out a fire at an industrial building housing lithium batteries in in Grand-Couronne, France, on Jan. 17, 2023. (Lou Benoist/AFP via Getty Images)

·New York, United States
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The Epoch Times broke the news in New York, United States on Tuesday, September 22, 2026.
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