As the fire lithium battery storage facility that led to evacuations in Moss Landing last week continues to smolder days later, concerns are being raised about the impacts to the surrounding environment.

A extremely big lithium-ion battery facility in California has caught fire, resulting the plant and the surrounding area to be evacuated.

A fire at the world’s largest battery storage plant in Northern California is smoldering after sending plumes of toxic smoke into the atmosphere.

Monterey County supervisors on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in response to last week's major fire at the Vistra lithium battery plant in Moss Landing.

The blaze broke out late Thursday at the Monterey County plant that stores and sells power to Pacific Gas & Electric.