Lithium Ion battery fire exposes growing environmental risks of solar storage in South Africa
Nine Fire Ops SA vehicles were deployed to the Constantia Kloof incident, with crews remaining on site for 24 hours to manage the risk of reignition.
Thermal runaway caused extreme temperatures and required continuous cooling and thermal imaging to identify and monitor hotspots.
Contaminated firefighting runoff was managed by environmental specialists, highlighting the need to integrate environmental protection into battery fire response planning.