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

There needs to be some accountability,” Church said in a press conference Friday, noting this was the fourth fire in five years at Moss Landing battery facilities.

Flames continued to spew early Friday morning in the community of Moss Landing and the Elkhorn Slough area in northern Monterey County after a major fire at a battery storage plant that brought evacuations.

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.

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.

Monterey County residents near a Moss Landing power plant were ordered to evacuate Thursday night after a fire broke out at the facility.

Time-lapse videos captured by KSBW’s live cams show the fire that began burning Thursday at the Vistra Power Plant in Moss Landing.

Our citizens are very alarmed,” one Morro Bay resident said, after the fire along Monterey Bay forced 1,200 people to evacuate.

A massive fire that destroyed much of a huge battery storage facility in Moss Landing raised questions Friday, and possible new hurdles, for California’s efforts to shift most of its electricity generation to renewable energy like solar and wind.

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

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