A major fire erupted at Vistra Corp.'s Moss Landing plant, one of the world's largest lithium battery storage facilities, in California, forcing the evacuation of 1,500 residents. Toxic smoke filled the air as the blaze spread rapidly, prompting officials to urge residents to stay indoors and heed evacuation orders.
A massive blaze erupted at one of the world’s largest lithium battery storage facilities in wildfire-ravaged California, forcing some 1,500 residents to evacuate their homes as toxic smoke filled the air.
“This is a situation where we take the idea of protecting life and property very seriously. We implore people to heed the evacuation order and to go to a safe location,” he added. “It’s a major incident,” Pasculli said. “All the resources in the county and our neighboring jurisdictions have been deployed to assist with this incident.”A view of flames and giant smoke over the sky as a fire erupted at Moss Landing Power Plant on Thursday.No injuries have been reported and local officials are expected to provide an update Friday morning.Church said responders don’t anticipate the blaze “extending outward and getting beyond where it’s in.
Vistra sells the electricity stored there to the Pacific Gas and Electric utility company. PG&E also operates a separate 182-megawatt battery storage plant on site that has 256 Tesla “Megapack” battery packs — but that did not appear to be impacted by the fire.A Vistra spokesperson said all its personnel were evacuated safely.
CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES LITHIUM BATTERY EVACUATION TOXIC SMOKE ENERGY STORAGE
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