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.

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

The fire at Moss Landing Power Plant, one of the world's largest lithium battery storage facilities, started around 3 p.m. Thursday, sending plumes of black smoke into the air.

A fire rages out of control at the Vistra battery storage plant, one of the world’s largest, in Moss Landing, Calif., on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group) ...

A fire rages out of control at the Vistra battery storage plant, one of the world’s largest, in Moss Landing, Calif., on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group) ...

A fire rages out of control at the Vistra battery storage plant, one of the world’s largest, in Moss Landing, Calif., on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group) ...

Businesses in Moss Landing are struggling to stay afloat after a fire at a nearby battery plant raised ongoing safety concerns."I think I was one of the first to find out since her and I have been ...

Opponents of the local battery storage project say the Jan. 16 fire at Vistra Energy’s Moss Landing Power Plant ‒ one of the world’s largest battery storage sites ‒ should be a warning of ...

A lithium battery fire that erupted at a Moss Landing power plant continues to smolder and Monterey County residents are asking public officials and the facility's leaders what health risks they ...

A bystander watches the smoke and flames from Castroville as a fire at the Vistra battery storage plant burns in Moss Landing, Calif., on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025.

MOSS LANDING — A major fire at a lithium battery storage plant in Moss Landing flared up again early Friday afternoon and Highway 1 remained closed after authorities said it smoldered most of ...