Crashes and Disasters
MOSS LANDING – Some 1,200 residents were allowed to return home Friday night after they were evacuated a day earlier due to a major fire at the Vistra battery storage plant in Moss Landing.
KSBW The Central Coast23d
From power plant to battery giant: Moss Landing's evolution and demolition
2023, and Vistra left the iconic smokestacks. The demolition was done to make room for expansion efforts. Before the latest fire, the Moss Landing facility had a capacity of 750 MW/ 3,000 MWh.
KSBW The Central Coast22d
Moss Landing fire may be death knell for another lithium battery plant on California coast
As one of the largest lithium battery plants in the world continues to smolder in Moss Landing ... the beloved and sometimes reviled Morro Bay smokestacks — in the hands of voters.
Santa Cruz Sentinel26d
Evacuations order lifted, Highway 1 remains closed as fire at Moss Landing battery plant continues
The plant is located on the site of a now-shuttered 1950s-era PG&E natural gas plant, visible for its huge smokestacks near Moss Landing Harbor. The first phase of construction of the battery ...
Marin Independent Journal26d
Huge fire at Moss Landing battery plant spurs evacuations, road closures, sends out plumes of toxic smoke
(Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group) The plant is located on the site of a now-shuttered 1950s-era PG&E Moss Landing natural gas plant visible for its huge smokestacks near Moss Landing Harbor.
KRON4 News22d
Officials waiting for Moss Landing Power Plant fire to burn out
(Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images) For decades, Moss Landing’s horizon has been dominated by two towering smoke stacks rising above the power plant. Pacific Gas & Electric built ...
Los Angeles Daily News25d
Northern California lithium battery storage plant catches fire — and it’s not the first time
(Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group) The facility is located on the site of a now-shuttered 1950s-era PG&E Moss Landing natural gas plant visible for its huge smokestacks near Moss Landing Harbor.