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Residents who live on the street next to the battery plant are still under an evacuation for the next few days. Those homeowners said there is a lot of confusion about when they can go back inside.
Thousands of Liberty residents lost power because of a transformer fire.
A massive blaze erupted at one of the world’s largest lithium battery storage facilities in wildfire-ravaged California, forcing some 1,500 residents to evacuate their homes as toxic smoke ...
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Residents north and east of Fredericktown were told to evacuate. The plant is said to be one of the largest Lithium-ion battery facilities in the world. [11] Two days after the fire, thousands of dead fish were found along 2.5 mile stretches of Village Creek and St. Francis River, believed to be killed by PFAS ingredients in firefighting foam. [12]
The fire that started Thursday at the Vistra Energy battery plant in Moss Landing, roughly 80 miles (about 130 kilometers) south of San Francisco, led to 1,700 people evacuating, closed part of Highway 1 and generated huge flames and significant amounts of smoke. The cause is under investigation.
Originally named Liberty Oak, the town was founded in 1809 near the plantation of John Leak. [5] The first church within the town was the Liberty Christian Church (now the United Church of Christ) founded on October 11, 1884.
All North Monterey County Unified School District schools and offices were closed on Friday due to the ongoing fire at the battery plant, according to a statement.