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A large fire occurred yesterday at Hove Town Hall caused by a faulty solar panel on the roof of the building. No-one was hurt. Locals have been quick to take aim at the Green party with jibes over their record in office at Brighton and Hove city council, which owns the building.
The fire started in the early afternoon, sending up billowing clouds of
thick black smoke which could be seen from miles around. Firemen were in
attendance shortly after 1pm, and were able to extinguish the flames within the
hour. George Dalmon, who was in Hove Town Hall at the time of the fire told the
Brighton Argus:
“There was big black smoke billowing out, it looks quite major. Everyone has
been evacuated out of the building. Somebody said something about it being a
solar panel.” A woman passer-by told reporters: “There’s lots of acrid smoke
which is so bad that lots of passers-by are covering their mouths. The smoke
seemed to be coming from the back of the building. You can see the smoke from
at least half a mile away. It’s thick black smoke, it’s got to be quite a
substantial fire.”...... O’Leary said that solar panels present numerous additional challenges to
firefighters, with the result that buildings fitted with solar panels are
sometimes left to simply burn out rather than be tackled in the event of a
fire......To Read More.....
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