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At present, there is no permanent solution to prevent future fires. Instead, operators using the high-tech buses are warned to ‘switch off the Hipsacold HVAC system when the vehicle is left unattended’. 

DC isolator switches, a safety device fitted to solar panels, have been found to be behind a 500% increase in rooftop fires over the past three years.

A spike in fires caused by DC isolators has alarmed the NT's workplace safety watchdog, as figures show most other jurisdictions are also recording fires from the devices.

A spike in fires caused by DC isolators has alarmed the NT's workplace safety watchdog, as figures show most other jurisdictions are also recording fires from the devices.

By Jo Nova How many solar panels does it take to stop an arsonist? For two weeks the global media circus has been blaming climate change for the fires in Greece...

By Jo Nova Will EV’s cause more damage to the environment? A freighter with nearly 3,000 cars on board is burning off the Netherlands. The Coastguard is working hard to try to stop the freighter sinking in a delicate...

In some ecosystems, such as high-latitude forests, wildfires are a natural occurrence. These help maintain healthy ecosystems by depositing nutrients into the soil and boosting seed dispersal. However, in recent years, fire...

Anthony Parisi had no idea his solar panels could cause an explosion that put his home at risk. Here's why experts say maintenance inspections are important.

This may come as news to the Aussies!

A fire that started in a solar panel battery badly damages a house in Adelaide's northern suburbs, in what the Metropolitan Fire Service says is a growing problem across Australia.

What started as a little blaze last weekend in El Dorado County, California, has turned into a town-gobbling inferno. The Caldor Fire tore through the 1,200-person town of Grizzly Flats, leaving not much more than the elementary...

The coronavirus pandemic and raging wildfires were two heinous events of 2020. And in one of life’s unfair twists of evil synergy, a new study from Harvard says that smoke from West Coast wildfires increased the...

Arson must be one of the easiest crimes to hide by anyone half competent, but in Greece arrests are already happening. People were caught with cans of gasoline. There are so many fires, the Supreme Court prosecutor has called...

…. Who knew? Climate change causes horrible wildfires but these dump aerosols in the sky which causes cooling which will in theory, stop more bushfires. It’s another feedback loop the models got wrong. One author...

Refugio Manuel Jimenez Jr. and Angela Renee Jimenez, a Southern California couple responsible for starting a forest fire last year, have recently been charged with involuntary manslaughter. The couple started the fire after...