THE MORNING RANT: Dramatic Solar Panel Fire Causes Clean and Renewable Evacuation of a Maternity Hospital - Women and Children Hit Hardest

This story actually qualifies for the famous media headline, “Women and children hit hardest.”

A massive fire atop a maternity hospital in Bristol, England was caused by faulty solar panels. Terrified women, some pregnant, some cradling their newborns, were forced to evacuate from the burning building.

Is this the “clean” part of green energy, or is it the “renewable” part? It certainly doesn’t look very “sustainable.”

“Faulty Solar Panel Blamed for Maternity Hospital Fire; Pregnant women and babies were evacuated from St Michael’s Hospital in Bristol on Thursday afternoon” [The Telegraph – 5/23/2025]

Pregnant women and babies were evacuated from St Michael’s Hospital, on Southwell Street in the city centre on Thursday afternoon. Footage shared on social media showed women cradling babies being escorted past fire engines and under police tape to buildings opposite as smoke billowed above.

The roof of the hospital has one of Bristol city centre’s largest solar panel installations, unveiled in 2014 and delivered in partnership with the council. On Thursday, Ian Fergusson , a BBC forecaster, shared a still image from a skycam showing the scorched remains of the hospital’s rooftop solar panels. He said there was “virtually nothing left of the rooftop solar panel array after this fire”, adding: “A very worrying and scary event for folks at the maternity hospital.”

Per a BBC report about the solar-induced hospital fire:

Avon Fire and Rescue Service station manager Ben Thorpe confirmed the cause was "accidental" and "due to a fault in the solar panels". Mr Thorpe said there had been an increase in fires caused by solar panels. "I think the statistics are showing that they are on the increase although of course solar panel installations are on the increase," he explained.

A commenter here at Ace once offered up a statement that summarizes the view of those “green” elites who, in service to their net zero agenda, are willing to deny energy, food, fertilizer, and shelter to the rest of us: ”Some of you will have to die, and that is a sacrifice I am willing to make.” Killing off pregnant women and babies with “green” energy is an effective way of furthering the left’s anti-humanist agenda.

My latest piece has been published at The Blaze, “One town got a nuke plant; the other got a prison … and regret.”

It discusses two southern towns named Hartsville, both of which were chosen to be the sites of nuclear plants 50-plus years ago. One plant was built and the town thrived, the other was not built, and that town went into decline.

Hartsville, Tennessee — with its decaying cooling tower looming over a long-abandoned project — stands as a monument to the dismantling of reliable energy and the destruction of industrial jobs. This is the green, globalist vision for America. By contrast, Hartsville, South Carolina, with its thriving industrial base and a product globalists love to sneer at, represents the America-first alternative championed by the MAGA movement.

It's behind a paywall, but if you have a Blaze subscription, I’d be honored if you’d give it a read.

[buck.throckmorton at protonmail dot com]

posted by Buck Throckmorton at 11:00 AM

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