A solar farm fire in the town of Lyme near Chaumont in August kept firefighters busy for days.
In the aftermath, Chaumont Fire Chief Will Lipczynski told WWNY, that it’s clear the department needs air monitoring capabilities to check for gases coming off equipment at the solar farm.
He’s asked the company that owns the solar farm to assist the department in purchasing the air meters. So far, he says, the company has not agreed.
Sen. Mark Walczyk has suggested towns and cities make it a condition of permitting that solar companies provide the metering devices to local fire departments.