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.
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