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Evacuation orders issued for Moss Landing Battery Plant fire; residents asked to close all entry points [CA]
KSBW ^ | 1/16/25 | staff

Posted on 01/16/2025 8:12:36 PM PST by CFW

MOSS LANDING, Calif. — A fire has been confirmed at the Vistra Power Plant in Moss Landing on Thursday which is forcing evacuations and closing roads in the area.

The fire was reported shortly after 3 p.m. The building was evacuated when the fire started.

The county of Monterey sent the following message to residents in the area:

"North County Fire Department is currently responding to a fire at Moss Landing Power Plant. Out of an abundance of caution, the fire department urges residents in Zones MRY-B047 and MRY-B053 to close windows and doors and shut off air systems until further notice. Residents are also requested to stay out of the area to allow for access of emergency vehicles."

(Excerpt) Read more at ksbw.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: ca; california; energy; fire; infrastructure; lithiumbattery; plant
A huge fire now at Vista Power Plant in Moss Landing, CA. From what I understand, this facility is the largest lithium battery storage in the world.
1 posted on 01/16/2025 8:12:36 PM PST by CFW
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To: CFW

Was that a former PG&E plant?


2 posted on 01/16/2025 8:13:45 PM PST by princess leah ( )
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To: CFW

“A huge fire now at Vista Power Plant in Moss Landing, CA. From what I understand, this facility IS the largest lithium battery storage in the world.”

Correction: “WAS”


3 posted on 01/16/2025 8:17:32 PM PST by BobL
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To: princess leah

Yes, Vistra Energy owns and operates the Moss Landing Power Plant which was formerly owned by PG&E.


4 posted on 01/16/2025 8:21:45 PM PST by CFW
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To: CFW

Apparently not the first time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0srRrxoWz0


5 posted on 01/16/2025 8:26:04 PM PST by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MAX)
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To: CFW
How does Kirk say "sabotage"?
6 posted on 01/16/2025 8:29:08 PM PST by P.O.E. (Pray for America.)
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To: CFW

bttt


7 posted on 01/16/2025 8:30:28 PM PST by linMcHlp
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To: CFW

*was

After it’s finely put out there won’t be many batteries left.


8 posted on 01/16/2025 8:32:47 PM PST by cableguymn (They don't want peace they want skeletons )
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To: CFW

Interesting...
Not much nearby other than the Slew and a nice seafood restaurant.
Hmmmm...


9 posted on 01/16/2025 8:40:25 PM PST by Zathras
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To: CFW

And environmentalists say lithium power is clean energy.


10 posted on 01/16/2025 8:54:58 PM PST by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose GOD is the LORD. Psalm 33:12)
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To: CFW

and Californians were worried about the earthquakes?


11 posted on 01/16/2025 9:08:07 PM PST by Qwapisking (Q: know the difference between a petulant 6 y.o. and a liberal? A:age. L.Star )
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To: CFW
If you live in an evacuation zone around this plant, JUST DON'T BREATHE.

It's for the environ-mint, you know.

12 posted on 01/16/2025 9:30:23 PM PST by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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To: stars & stripes forever
And environmentalists say lithium power is clean energy.

Third time's a charm!

They said that about the semiconductor business as they were forcing heavy industry (FMC et al.) out of the Santa Clara Valley.

That was before they found TCE in the groundwater.

They said that about "clean air gasoline."

That was before they found MTBE in the groundwater.

Now this.

Any time you concentrate energy it is a risk. We've had 125 years to work out the bugs with petrochemicals. Why should anybody expect any different from lithium batteries?

13 posted on 01/16/2025 9:36:56 PM PST by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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To: CFW

Looks to me like thieving democrats are going down the toilet of history due to their climate change hoax and greed. Western California, from SF down, is now now a burnt out, toxic cesspool.


14 posted on 01/16/2025 9:44:40 PM PST by doc maverick
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To: Carry_Okie

You’re ahead of me. Ignore the upcoming message.


15 posted on 01/16/2025 11:43:12 PM PST by sasquatch (Do NOT forget Ashli Babbit! c/o piytar)
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To: Zathras

Elkhorn Slough...Phil’s is now in Castroburg.(Castroville)


16 posted on 01/16/2025 11:45:37 PM PST by sasquatch (Do NOT forget Ashli Babbit! c/o piytar)
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To: Carry_Okie

Intel’s Fab 1 (Mtn View) was declared a Super Fund Site for solvents. It was in the middle of an orchard...

Bld 10 & 11 hp (Page Mill, Palo Alto was another. Bld 10 housed a furnace for pulling gallium arsenide used primarily by the Opto half of the Components Division. Though we, in Microwave used GaAs for FET’s, wafers were sourced from Opto so, it wasn’t my fault.. The problem was not gallium.

Not my long suit but it seems the combustion chemistry of Li batteries includes HF and HCN. The lab safety course at hp said that HF on the skin was usually not detected until it made it through tissue and found calcium (bone). One of the Techs was mixing a sol’n of buffered HF and forgot ‘always add acid’. Went up in her face. ~100 shots of cortisone and she was OK. If I recall, she went back to work in lithography. Cyanide speaks for itself.
The end.


17 posted on 01/17/2025 2:41:16 AM PST by sasquatch (Do NOT forget Ashli Babbit! c/o piytar)
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To: CFW

Apparently the second or third fire for this battery farm.


18 posted on 01/17/2025 4:28:22 AM PST by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative.)
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To: sasquatch
Not my long suit but it seems the combustion chemistry of Li batteries includes HF and HCN.

HF doesn't quit, it is NASTY.

19 posted on 01/17/2025 5:33:32 AM PST by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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To: hinckley buzzard

“Massive Fire Erupts at California Power Plant, Thousands Ordered to Evacuate Due to Toxic Air”

https://vigilantnews.com/post/massive-fire-erupts-at-california-power-plant-thousands-ordered-to-evacuate-due-to-toxic-air/


20 posted on 01/17/2025 5:36:24 AM PST by CFW
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