One of the world’s biggest battery plants is located in a tiny harbor town perched halfway between Santa Cruz and Monterey. A fire ignited January 16 inside the Moss Landing Power Plant where thousands of lithium batteries store power from renewable energy.

Authorities are battling to contain a fire at a battery facility next to the Moss Landing Power Plant in California.

After the Vistra-owned Moss Landing battery facility caught on fire Thursday night, many community members are questioning several factors about the facility. Mainly,why it was constructed in the first place.

In the wake of the Moss Landing lithium battery plant fire, another coastal Calif. town tells Texas company to go away for good.

MOSS LANDING — Highway 1 was closed and evacuations were ordered in the community of Moss Landing and the Elkhorn Slough area after a major fire erupted Thursday afternoon at a battery storage plant in Moss Landing in northern Monterey County.

Residents living near a power plant in Central California were ordered to evacuate Thursday night after a fire broke out at the facility.

In a special meeting on Tuesday, the Monterey County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a resolution to proclaim a local state of emergency to address the various concerns surrounding the Vistra Energy battery power storage facility fire in Moss Landing that began last week.

How winds will impact Moss Landing power plant fire.

This recent fire highlights not only the immediate environmental effects but also the long-term implications for the role of lithium-ion technology in renewable energy.

The blaze at Moss Landing in Monterey County, California, may have been worse because of the plant’s design and the types of batteries used.

The event, hosted by Brookhaven Town, which has eight separate battery storage plants proposed from Medford to Shoreham, was aimed at curtailing "misinformation" that town supervisor Dan Panico said has circulated on social media about the facilities since the town began receiving application for the projects over the past several years.