As far as I can tell, this fire is NOT related to the LA wildfires, it's well north of LA in Monterrey and is an isolated injdustrial plant fire.  It is an interesting coinkidink though that it occurred while those fires are still burning  and occupying the time of every fire department in CA and the rest of the western states adjacent to it.

Also of interest is the fact it is spewing toxic smoke into the atmosphere and they aren't even trying to put it out, just waiting for it to finish burning.  This because Li battery fires aren't easy to extinguish by normal firefighting techniques like spraying tons of water on them.

Apparently this is the BIGGEST such plant in the world, which is saying a lot when you consider the Chinese probably make more Li batteries than we do here.

I do wonder about how the toxicity of this smoke compares to the toxicity of smoke from a fire in a Nuke Puke plant.  The Li isn't radioactive of course, but Li as a chemical is highly reactive and even just tiny quantities of it when inhaled could be extremely damaging to the lungs.  The articles so far aren't talking about this very much, which smells like a coverup to me.

https://www.npr.org/2025/01/17/g-s1-43268/fire-battery-storage-plant-california-moss-landing

https://www.ksbw.com/article/fire-moss-landing-battery-evacuations-california/63456595

https://www.kqed.org/news/12022725/massive-fire-monterey-county-battery-plant-spews-toxic-smoke-forces-evacuations

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