Flooded solar plant in Japan catches fire after typhoon

Firefighters held back from a burning solar plant east of Tokyo because of the risk of electrocution after floodwater from a breached lake embankment submerged its electrical equipment. A ground-mounted solar plant in Otake, Narita, in Chiba prefecture, caught fire on Sept. 24 in an area flooded after the North Inba-numa lake embankment breached. Local fire officials told the Mainichi Shimbun that combiner boxes submerged in the flood may have short-circuited once falling water levels exposed them again. A passerby reported flames and black smoke at several points at about 8:35 a.m. (GMT+9), according ...

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