Smoke and flames are seen from Castroville as a fire at the Vistra battery storage plant burns in Moss Landing, Calif., on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group) ...

MOSS LANDING, Calif. — Hundreds of people were ordered to evacuate and part of Highway 1 in Northern California was closed early Friday after a major fire erupted at one of the world's largest ...

Glenn Church, Monterey County Supervisorial District 2, talks about the fire at the battery storage facility in Moss Landing during a press conference in Castroville, Calif., on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025.

Moss Landing residents, concerned about the short- and long-term environmental impacts of the fire, are demanding immediate action.Branin noted he doesn’t feel any kind of vindication in the ...

Glenn Church, Monterey County Supervisorial District 2, talks about the fire at the battery storage facility in Moss Landing during a press conference in Castroville, Calif., on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025.

The fire at Vistra Corp.’s Moss Landing plant along Monterey Bay — south of Santa Cruz and far from the Los Angeles wildfires — was first reported around 3 p.m. Thursday and exploded out of ...

A fire broke out at the Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility in Central California Thursday. The battery power plant is the largest in the world according to the company, Vistra, that owns it.

Moss Landing fire: One of the world’s largest battery factories ablaze. Concerns have grown about the air quality near California’s Moss Landing Power Plant after last night’s fire ...

Smoke and flames are seen from Castroville as a fire at the Vistra battery storage plant burns in Moss Landing, Calif., on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group) ...

Smoke and flames are seen from Castroville as a fire at the Vistra battery storage plant burns in Moss Landing, Calif., on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group) ...

But now, after a massive fire last month at one of the largest battery storage plants in the world — Moss Landing in Monterey County — caused the evacuation of 1,200 people, closed Highway 1 ...