After a fire at a Monterey County battery storage facility, scientists say high levels of heavy metals were found at a nearby ...

Elevated concentrations of heavy metals have been detected at the Elkhorn Slough Reserve by scientists following a recent ...

Scientists have linked a lithium battery plant fire in California earlier this month to a surge in heavy metals found in nearby soil.

In the wake of the recent fire at Vistra Corporation's Moss Landing Power Plant and Energy Storage Facility, the California ...

Nickel, cobalt and manganese, found in lithium-ion batteries, increased dramatically at Elkhorn Slough after the fire ...

One of the biggest cleanup challenges from the Southern California fires is lithium-ion batteries, which can explode after damage or exposure to heat. The batteries are found in electric vehicles, ...

Then in September 2022, a fire broke out at the PG&E Elkhorn battery plant. Police closed Highway 1 for 12 hours. An ...

An evacuation order has been lifted after a lithium ... Energy states these batteries play a crucial role in storing electricity generated from renewable sources like solar power, the US Fire ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A major fire at one of the world’s largest battery storage plants in Northern California sent up flames of ...

YOU CAN SEE HOW INTENSE THAT FIRE IS. IT’S BURNING AT THE WORLD’S LARGEST ENERGY STORAGE FACILITY. THAT ENERGY IS STORED IN LITHIUM BATTERIES. AS WE’VE REPORTED BEFORE, THESE TYPES OF FIRES ...

The massive fire at one of the world's largest lithium battery storage plants in Northern ... The fire at a power plant and ...

An evacuation order has been lifted after a lithium-ion battery ... Energy, which owns the plant, have air quality monitoring equipment on site, which has not picked up reportable levels of hydrogen ...