Drone footage shows fire at one of world's largest battery plants

A occurrence has breached retired astatine a Californian powerfulness works lodging 1 of the largest artillery vigor retention facilities successful the world.

The blaze began successful a gathering containing lithium-ion batteries connected Thursday afternoon, an authoritative astatine the Monterey County Sheriff's bureau said.

The Moss Landing powerfulness plant, tally by Vistra Corp, was evacuated, arsenic were radical successful the surrounding area. No injuries were reported.

Officials are not actively warring the fire, the Monterey Sheriff spokesperson said, and are alternatively leaving the gathering and the batteries to pain connected the proposal of occurrence experts.