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20 Acre Brush Fire Reported At FPL Solar Farm In McDavid
September 21, 2025
Escambia County Fire Rescue responded to a brush and grass fire on Saturday afternoon at Florida Power & Light’s First City Solar Energy Center on Cox Road in McDavid.
The fire reportedly reached about 20 acres before it was extinguished. There was no word on the cause of the fire or on any damage to the solar panels or other equipment.
The First City Solar Energy Center is located on 553 acres along Holland, Cox and Roach roads. The solar farm has more than 223,000 photovoltaic panels with an output of 75 megawatts — enough to power about 15,000 homes. The solar farm went online on February 1, 2023.
NorthEscambia.com file photos, click to enlarge.
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8 Responses to “20 Acre Brush Fire Reported At FPL Solar Farm In McDavid”
Fraud at its best
Solar panels are better off on rooftops, or providing cover for parking lots. Might as well use them to provide shade for areas that need it, so that we can get double usage from them.
Probably someone holding fossile fuel stocks.
Agree with Susie. In the long run more harm than good .he batteries alone are dangerous as well as very, very costly.
Didn’t they ask this question prior to building this solar farm?
What could possibly go wrong here?
LET IT BURN!! Its a waste of the property anyway…if there were damages fpl will just say we need another rate increase to cover the cost right?
What a crock of poopy. Those panels do waaaaaay more harm to our Earth and all living things. This must be FPL’s way of getting their rate increase. Conspiracy by FP&L.
Looks like FPL is just keeping it green. Love the change of highway scenery around Live Oak.