Fire crews were called at 12.36pm and attended site within 20 minutes of this notification. The BSF Fire and Emergency Management Plan was immediately enacted, which allowed emergency responders and site teams to bring the fire under control by 4.30pm. Crews were able to contain the fire with no threat to people or neighbouring properties.
BSF continuously monitors and maintains vegetation levels in line with NSW Rural Fire Service guidelines to mitigate fire risk. This is the first incident of its kind at BSF and a thorough investigation is underway to investigate the root cause, while all the equipment remains isolated for safety reasons.
Ground conditions in the area have been impacted by the extended period of wet weather which together with the recent higher than average temperatures, resulted in the extension of the bushfire season to 30th April 2023.
All plant personnel are safe and accounted for, the site has been secured, and there were no injuries. BSF thanks the first responders who assisted the site teams with this effort.
Beryl Solar Farm is operated by Novasource, Asset Managed by RES and owned by Banpu Energy Australia.
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