Moss Landing Battery Fire Evacuation Lifted

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Evacuations lifted for more than 1,000 after fire erupts in California battery storage plant

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Evacuations lifted Friday night for people near the Moss Landing Power Plant in Monterey County , California .

The plant is owned by Texas -company Vistra Corp and contains tens of thousands of lithium batteries, which are important for storing electricity from renewable energy sources.

The cause of the fire at the plant is not known, but it's been determined that allowing the fire to burn out is the safest way to move forward.

"Our company takes very seriously what happened last night and we are hurting today , because we know primarily its impacted and disrupted the people who live around our site — our neighbors, our friends and businesses." Watson said Vistra has arranged for an outside consultant to monitor air quality in the area. He said an investigation of the cause was expected. North Monterey County Unified School District announced that all schools and offices would be closed Friday due to the fire. California State University Monterey Bay also said classes at its Moss Landing campus were closed until further notice..

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