‘Catastrophic’ fire fears fail to switch off Brisbane apartment block’s EV charger

Key points

• A Queensland adjudicator has rejected an urgent bid to switch off an electric vehicle charger at The Pavilion Apartments in Bulimba. Resident Kin Chen argued that the basement car park lacked fire safety systems to deal with a possible electric vehicle fire.
• The adjudicator found there was no immediate urgency, noting the charger has operated since about 2020. The body corporate committee had granted retrospective approval last month, with conditions including annual servicing.
• The broader challenge to that approval has yet to be decided, and the charger remains in use for now.