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SAN DIEGO - Following last week's lithium battery fire resulting in evacuation orders and warnings at a San Diego Gas & Electric battery storage facility in Escondido, the County Board of Supervisors will consider putting a pause on future such facilities.The action in front of the supervisors on Wednesday will present several options to the board.
'Area residents are renewing their call for the county to issue a moratorium on building new lithium battery storage facilities in neighborhoods,' reads a statement from a group of citizens, including JP Theberge of the Elfin Forest Harmony Grove Town Council and Joe Rowley, a retired engineer and battery storage facility developer.'The Escondido battery fire is unfolding in an industrial area away from homes and residences.
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