A county hotline has also been established for residents to call officials with any questions about the air quality and best practices for keeping safe.

The dramatic fire at the Vistra battery storage plant caused the evacuation of 1,200 people in Northern Monterey County, closed Highway 1 and sent large clouds of toxic black smoke billowing from one of the world’s largest battery storage plants.

The Highway 1 closure due to a fire at the Vistra Power Plant in Moss Landing is significantly affecting local businesses.

The Moss Landing fire at a lithium battery plant has poured smoke into the sky above Monterey County. The weather service forecasts wind to push it east.

A fire broke out at one of the world's largest battery storage plants in California's Monterey County on Thursday.

Authorities in Monterey County, California lifted all evacuations Friday night, one day after a fire broke out at one of the world's largest lithium battery storage facilities.

Residents living near a power plant in Central California were ordered to evacuate Thursday night after a fire broke out at the facility.

MOSS LANDING — Flames and smoke in the community of Moss Landing and the Elkhorn Slough area in northern Monterey County largely were just smoldering late Friday morning following a major fire at a battery storage plant that brought evacuations, closing Highway 1.

A temporary evacuation point has been set up at Castroville Recreation Center. Follow here for the latest updates.

A fire has been confirmed at the Vistra Power Plant in Moss Landing on Thursday which is forcing evacuations and closing roads in the area.

Our citizens are very alarmed,” one Morro Bay resident said, after the fire along Monterey Bay forced 1,200 people to evacuate.