Monterey County declares state of emergency over Northern California lithium battery plant fire
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 emergency declaration came during a special meeting where officials gave updates on the fire and ongoing response. While the fire has burned itself out, there are still a lot of questions from local leaders and neighbors about what’s next. … The county says it is going to start water quality testing this week, but they say that is not as high of a concern as the air quality was during the fire.