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.

The Moss Landing fire at a lithium battery plant has poured smoke into the sky above Monterey County. The weather service forecasts wind to push it east.

A fire broke out at one of the world's largest battery storage plants in California's Monterey County on Thursday.

MOSS LANDING — Flames and smoke in the community of Moss Landing and the Elkhorn Slough area in northern Monterey County largely were just smoldering late Friday morning following a major fire at a battery storage plant that brought evacuations, closing Highway 1.

A temporary evacuation point has been set up at Castroville Recreation Center. Follow here for the latest updates.

Moss Landing Power Plant burst into flames on Thursday, Jan. 16 More than 1,200 people have been told to evacuate after a fire broke out at a battery plant in California. On Thursday, Jan. 16, the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office confirmed on X (formerly known as Twitter) that evacuation orders had been issued following the blaze,

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 filled the air.

A fire broke out at the Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility in Central California Thursday. The battery power plant is the largest in the world according to the company, Vistra, that owns it. The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office issued evacuation orders for nearby residents and closed parts of Highway 1 in response.

A fire broke out at a Central California power plant facility, forcing nearby residents to evacuate their homes on Thursday night, officials said.

A major fire burning at one of the world’s largest battery storage plants in Northern California is sending up flames of toxic smoke.

After a fire ignited at one of the Moss Landing power plants in Northern California, hundreds of people were forced to evacuate. As a result, part of Highway 1 was also shut down on Friday.

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