Fire Breaks Out at $60 Million Tesla Battery Station in Queensland

Bouldercombe battery station catches fire just two months after commencing operation.

This photograph taken shows the Telsa logo on a battery at the largest electricity storage plant in Les Deux-Acren, Belgium, on Dec. 1, 2022.Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP via Getty Images

A fire has erupted at a Telsa lithium battery storage facility in Bouldercombe, Queensland, just two months after commencing operation.

The Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES) arrived at a battery storage facility owned by Genex, a company focused on developing renewable energy generation and storage projects across Australia, at 7:45 p.m. on Sept. 26 to deal with the fire after receiving tips about the incident.