This handout picture taken on July 30, 2021 and released on Aug 2 by Fire Rescue Victoria shows a fire from a 13-tonne lithium battery unit at a Tesla battery site near Geelong, about an hour's drive from Melbourne. — Handout/Fire Rescue Victoria/AFP
SYDNEY: A blaze at a massive Tesla battery site in Australia that started three days ago was brought under control on Aug 2, firefighters said.
Emergency services were first called to the Victoria Big Battery project – built by French renewable energy firm Neoen using Tesla batteries – on Friday morning.
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