Classes resume, shelter-in-place lifted in Summerside, P.E.I. after solar farm fire
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SUMMERSIDE – A voluntary shelter-in-place recommendation has been lifted for residents in Summerside, P.E.I., as crews continue to monitor a battery fire at a city-owned solar farm.
Classes in the TOSH family of schools and at the French-language school, École-sur-Mer, also resumed today.
P.E.I. Chief Public Health Officer Heather Morrison says the gases released from the battery fire are not a health threat to residents.
The city says crews are monitoring the fire and officials are continuing to test air and water quality.
Officials say they are sharing air quality data with Morrison as it becomes available.
The fire at the Summerside Sunbank solar farm first broke-out Monday, shuttering schools and prompting a shelter-in-place order.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 11, 2026.
— By Tori Fitzpatrick in Halifax