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Solar panel and battery fire at a bungalow on Anglesey

Sept 2023Published 28 Sept 2026Responsible editor: Chief Editor

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Where
Bungalow in Min-yr-Afon, Tyn-y-gongl, near Benllech on Anglesey
Operator
Clwyd Alyn Housing
What
Fire gutted solar panel and batteries
Injuries
None reported
Cause
Electrical fault

Companies named in the reporting of this entry (being named is not a finding of fault): Clwyd Alyn Housing

What happened

Fire crews were called to a bungalow in Min-yr-Afon, Tyn-y-gongl, near Benllech on Anglesey. North Wales Fire and Rescue Service said an electrical fault caused the blaze. One person left the property. She breathed in smoke and was taken for tests, but was not injured. Crews from Caernarfon and Bangor attended and used breathing apparatus, a thermal imaging camera, a CO2 extinguisher and a ventilation fan. The service said a solar panel and batteries were gutted.

The bungalow is part of an independent living complex run by Clwyd Alyn Housing. The association said contractors had been installing solar panels, air source heat pumps and batteries there, and that it had disconnected the batteries in the other homes at Min-yr-Afon while it investigated.

Contributing factors

The fire service reported an electrical fault. It did not say which part of the installation failed. The housing association said solar panels, batteries and air source heat pumps were being installed at the homes.

Lessons learned

  1. Home solar and battery work should include a clear way to isolate the batteries if a fault is suspected.
  2. On a site where the same equipment is fitted in several homes, isolation of the other units should be ready while the cause is checked.
  3. Reports of smoke exposure should be treated as a possible harm even when no injury is recorded at the scene.

More lessons on electrical protection and isolation, emergency response and public communication, from every incident on the register.

Not yet known

  • Which component failed
  • Where the batteries were installed
  • Model and age of the solar and battery equipment

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Source

dailypost.co.uk

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Published 2026-09-28. Written from public reporting. Descriptive, not investigative. See the data accuracy disclaimer.

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