Lithium battery fires burn at high temperatures and are difficult to put out. As a result, fire fighters did not battle the blaze and allowed it to burn out. The fire spread a large cloud of toxic ...

This recent fire highlights not only the immediate environmental effects but also the long-term implications for the role of ...

It’s a major incident. All the resources in the county and our neighboring jurisdictions have been deployed ...' ...

A major fire burning at one of the world’s largest battery storage plants in Northern California is sending up flames of toxic smoke.

AZL has been testing its own, as well as third-party extraction methods at the nearby Lithium Research Centre (LRC). It produced its first battery-grade lithium carbonate in August last year ...

“There’s no way to sugarcoat it. This is a disaster, is what it is,” Monterey County Supervisor Glenn Church told KSBW-TV.

Lithium batteries from EVs and hybrids, as well as home-power backups, will require specialized removal in the wake of the ...

The blaze was first reported around 3 p.m. local time at the site, located just off Highway 1 along California's Central ...

The fire broke out Thursday at the Moss Landing Power Plant and forced the evacuation of about 1,500 nearby residents ...

RELATED: Huge fire at Moss Landing battery plant spurs evacuations, road closures, sends out plumes of toxic smoke “A lot of the cars in the evacuation area were lithium batteries,” said ...