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Solar system reported to have caught fire at an Amazon warehouse in Redlands

2018Published 25 Sept 2026Responsible editor: Chief Editor

SignificantThermal / fireProvisional
Estimated damageEstimated by the register's adjusterHow? Know the real figure?
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out of service for about •• daysShown in the record →Full estimate
Where
Amazon warehouse in Redlands, California
What
solar system caught fire in June 2018
Injuries
None reported
Cause
Not reported

Companies named in the reporting of this entry (being named is not a finding of fault): Amazon, SolarCity, Tesla

What happened

Amazon said that in June 2018 a solar system installed by SolarCity on one of its warehouses in Redlands, California, caught fire. Amazon said it was taking steps to protect other facilities and had no plans to install further Tesla solar systems. A Tesla representative described the fire as an isolated event. Damage, injuries and cause were not reported in this account.

Contributing factors

Not reported for this fire. Claims in a separate lawsuit about installation quality at other companies' stores are not evidence about the Redlands warehouse.

Lessons learned

  1. A rooftop solar fire at a warehouse prompts inspection of similar arrays even when no shared cause is known.
  2. Record the installer of each solar array to allow targeted checks after any fire.

More lessons on maintenance, inspection and ageing assets, investigation and fleet-wide checks, from every incident on the register.

Not yet known

  • Cause of the fire
  • Model and age of the solar system
  • Cost of damage and downtime

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Source

roofingcontractor.com

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Published 2026-09-25. Written from public reporting. Descriptive, not investigative. See the data accuracy disclaimer.

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