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Freeway 1 totally reopens after final week's fireplace at Moss Touchdown battery storage facility

By Miles Cooper
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January 20, 2025
Freeway 1 totally reopens after final week's fireplace at Moss Touchdown battery storage facility
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Freeway 1 totally reopens after final week's fireplace at Moss Touchdown battery storage facility

(BCN) — U.S. Freeway 1 close to Moss Touchdown totally reopened at 5 p.m. Sunday following a closure attributable to a fireplace at one of many world’s largest battery storage amenities this week, in response to Monterey County.  

Lithium-ion batteries on the Vistra Power facility that caught fireplace Thursday continued to burn out by Saturday however might nonetheless reignite, officers stated. There was no estimate on how lengthy the fireplace would final, and the trigger was nonetheless unknown.  

Evacuations ordered after fireplace erupts at Moss Touchdown energy plant

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Vacationers within the space are urged to be alert for emergency responders nonetheless on the scene on the incident command heart close to the Moss Touchdown Power Storage Facility and the California Freeway Patrol will stay energetic within the space, the county stated Sunday.  

North County Hearth Safety District Chief Joel Mendoza stated about 80% of the construction and its batteries had been destroyed within the fireplace.    

On Sunday, the county stated circumstances continued to enhance on the fireplace location however that no threats to public security had been detected from gases or particulates.    

Evacuations had been lifted on Friday night after about 1,200 folks had been informed to depart the realm due to issues about air high quality.    

The trigger was nonetheless unknown on Saturday afternoon, together with why the plant’s inside fireplace suppression system failed.    

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The Moss Touchdown plant is operated by Texas-based Vistra Corp., which has seen its inventory value soar within the final yr from about $39 to about $171 on the shut of buying and selling on Friday.    

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Whereas evacuation orders had been lifted, state Freeway 1 remained closed in each instructions on the plant via Sunday night.      

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PG&E additionally has its personal battery storage facility on the website that’s nonetheless on-line. Native elected officers together with county Supervisor Glenn Church stated he was urging Vistra to maintain its facility offline till the reason for the fireplace is thought and extra prevention is put in place. It remained closed as of Sunday night.    

An organization official, Brad Watson, reiterated the corporate’s apology to the neighborhood and stated the corporate was making an attempt to find out what precipitated the failure. He was noncommittal on ongoing operations, responding to a reporter’s query about remaining offline by saying that the corporate was targeted on the current state of affairs.

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