Batteries: Fires
Commons · Question 40800 · Tabled 24 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Nick Timothy
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the fire at the battery energy storage systems site in Liverpool in 2020 on the environment.
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 2 Apr 2025
The Government has not made an assessment of the potential impact on the environment of the fire at the battery energy storage systems site in Liverpool in 2020. Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service carried out testing of the water run-off with advice from ...