Gov. Kathleen C. Hochul’s interagency group has announced its recommendations for fire code updates after battery storage fires in 2023, including this one in Chaumont. Jonathon Wheeler/Watertown Daily Times
Fire departments battle the battery fire in Chaumont on July 27, 2023. Jonathon Wheeler/Watertown Daily Times
Fire crews battle the battery fire at a solar farm in Chaumont off County Route 179 more than 24 hours after initially being dispatched last July. Jonathon Wheeler/Watertown Daily Times
Emergency response vehicles are parked in front of the Chaumont solar farm nearly a week after four trailers containing lithium batteries ignited on July 27, 2023. Zachary Canaperi/Watertown Daily Times
A year after Chaumont emergency, slate of safety changes proposed
Gov. Kathleen C. Hochul’s interagency group has announced its recommendations for fire code updates after battery storage fires in 2023, including this one in Chaumont. Jonathon Wheeler/Watertown Daily Times
Fire departments battle the battery fire in Chaumont on July 27, 2023. Jonathon Wheeler/Watertown Daily Times
Fire crews battle the battery fire at a solar farm in Chaumont off County Route 179 more than 24 hours after initially being dispatched last July. Jonathon Wheeler/Watertown Daily Times
Emergency response vehicles are parked in front of the Chaumont solar farm nearly a week after four trailers containing lithium batteries ignited on July 27, 2023. Zachary Canaperi/Watertown Daily Times
CHAUMONT — More than a year after a battery storage fire in Chaumont burned for days and prompted residents to shelter in place, Gov. Kathleen C. Hochul has announced recommendations of the interagency fire safety committee she put together in response.
Hochul announced the working group comprised of state agency officials on July 28, 2023, as a result of battery storage fires in Jefferson, Orange, and Suffolk counties.
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