Fire at Huge California Battery Storage Plant Forces Evacuations

A fire at the Vistra battery storage plant in California, one of the largest in the world, has prompted evacuations for hundreds of people, and part of a highway was closed early on Friday. The battery storage plant in Moss Landing in northern Monterey County is some 77 miles south of San Francisco. The owner of the plant is Texas-based company Vistra Energy, whose shares fell in market pre-trade on Friday following the news of the fire. The plant contains tens of thousands of lithium batteries, which could be difficult to put out once they catch…