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

The sight of the Moss Landing battery storage facility was originally opened in 1950 as a power plant. It was one of the largest power plants on the West Coast at the time.

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. More ...

Highway 1 was closed and evacuations were ordered after a fire erupted Monday afternoon at the Moss Landing Power Plant, according to authorities.

For decades, Moss Landing’s horizon has been dominated by two towering smoke stacks rising above the power plant. Pacific Gas & Electric built the plant in 1950 and sold it in 2006.

Moss Landing Plant Fire Closes Roads State Route 1 has been shut down at Salinas Road and at SR-183 (Merritt St.), Molera Rd (North) and at Struve Rd., according to the Santa Cruz office of the ...

MOSS LANDING, Calif. (KRON) — A fire has erupted at the Moss Landing Power Plant Thursday evening, officials said. The fire is at energy company Vistra’s power plant in Monterey County.… ...

But the risk of battery fires like the one at California's Moss Landing Power Plant can be minimized by good design.

The Moss County Sheriff's Office issued emergency evacuation orders due to a fire at the Vistra power plant in areas of Moss Landing.