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Solar Panel Catches Fire At Kenwood Golf & Country Club: Fire Official

Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service units responded to a fire at the Kenwood Golf & Country Club in Bethesda on Saturday.

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A solar panel caught fire on the roof of a two-story building at the Kenwood Golf & Country Club in Bethesda on Saturday, the fire department said. The building, which houses the country fitness center, was evacuated. No injuries were reported.
A solar panel caught fire on the roof of a two-story building at the Kenwood Golf & Country Club in Bethesda on Saturday, the fire department said. The building, which houses the country fitness center, was evacuated. No injuries were reported. (Google Maps)

BETHESDA, MD — Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service units responded to a fire on the roof of a building at the Kenwood Golf & Country Club in Bethesda on Saturday, according to the fire department.

A solar panel caught fire on the roof of the two-story building at the country club, MCFRS spokesman Pete Piringer said in a tweet Saturday. The building, which houses the country fitness center, was evacuated.

Firefighters were able to extinguish the fire on the roof of the building at 5601 River Road.

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One solar panel was damaged by the fire, but no smoke or fire was reported inside the building, Piringer said.

A cause of the fire has yet to be released by the fire department.

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