Solar panels blaze at water park in Taiwan heatwave

Two investigators walk in the middle of burned solar panels at a Taipei water park on July 28, 2016. - AFP PHOTO / SAM YEH

Taipei: More than 1,200 people were evacuated from a Taiwan water park after solar panels caught fire in the midst of a heatwave that has seen record power consumption as the island struggles to keep cool.

Local media reported the fire in Taipei -- which left a swathe of solar panels at the park blackened and distorted -- could have been sparked by soaring temperatures.