Over the past few years, firefighters have been encountering more and more solar panels as more homes are outfitted with these energy saving devices. According to Butte County CAL FIRE Captain Scott McLean, “We have solar panels that sometimes become a hazard, and what I mean by that is the electricity flows from those solar panels down into the house at the electrical panel. There is no switch in between, so there is a lot of voltage flowing at any time that we can not turn off.”

“We have found … we can bring a tarp up on the roof and cover those solar panels, which take that aspect away from them,” McLean said.

Read the full article here