Fire burns solar panels on roof of Maryland home

By FOX 5 DC Digital Team
Published  March 13, 2024 12:44pm EDT
FOX 5 DC
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BOWIE, Md. - Black smoke and flames poured from the solar panels on the roof of a Maryland home Wednesday.

Firefighters responded to the 13000 block of Walkers Lane in Bowie around 11:30 a.m. where they quickly extinguished the blaze.

Fire burns solar panels on roof of Maryland home (Prince George’s County Fire/EMS Department @PGFDNews)

It is unclear how the fire started or how much damage it caused.

No injuries were reported.