Hundreds were evacuated after a blaze broke out in one of the largest battery storage facilities in the world on Thursday night, local authorities have said.
The fire was detected at an energy storage facility in the natural gas-fueled Moss Landing Power Plant, which is around 300 miles north of the wildfires in Los Angeles, California.
“There’s no way to sugar coat it. This is a disaster, is what it is,” Monterey County supervisor Glenn Church told KSBW-TV. But the fire is not expected to spread beyond the concrete building it is enclosed in, he added.
“Our top priority is the safety of the community and our personnel, and Vistra deeply appreciates the continued assistance of our local emergency responders,” Jenny Lyon, a spokesperson for Vistra, said in a statement.
The Independent has approached the owners of the factory, Texas-based company Vistra Energy, for more details.
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