Heavy metals detected in the soil have also created health implications for Monterey County’s agriculture industry, and the workers who pick the produce.

The first fire revived fears in Morro Bay about the dangers of battery energy storage facilities, and the Morro Bay City Council temporarily blocked the approval of new permits for any such project.

A business park in South San Jose. Jack London Square in Oakland. The San Diego waterfront. Next door to a high school in Santa Barbara County. Across California, large battery storage plants are being planned and constructed in dozens of locations at a pace faster than anywhere else in the United States.

Santa Cruz County officials report no elevated public health risks following the Moss Landing battery plant fire.

Light smoke has been reported at the Vistra Battery Facility in Moss Landing. Monterey County officials say the smoke appears to be coming from the previously burned area within the Vistra Moss Landing Lithium-Ion Battery facility. It's been nearly a month since a large fire swept through the facility.

Monterey County residents near Moss Landing were told late Tuesday to close their windows and doors overnight after a fire broke out at the Vistra Energy lithium-ion battery storage facility near the Moss Landing Harbor.

The fire at the Vistra Battery Facility storage plant brought a Tuesday night warning from Monterey County’s emergency warning system that residents near the Moss Landing Harbor needed to remain indoors and close windows.

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