Every rack of batteries at the facility has a fire suppressant system fed by an on-site system, and this system failed, Chief Joel Mendoza with the North County Fire District, said during a press ...

according to North County Fire Protection District Fire Chief Joel Mendoza. “It appeared last night and early this morning that plume was reaching elevations where it might not endanger the ...

Chief Joel Mendoza of the North County Fire Protection District said at a Friday morning press conference that the fire, which forced evacuations around the facility, had died down significantly ...

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said North County Fire Protection District Chief Joel Mendoza over the weekend. The battery energy storage system (BESS), about 80km south of San Francisco, was still smoking by Saturday but ...

North County Fire Protection District Chief Joel Mendoza said at the press conference that every battery rack inside the facility has a "fire suppression system," but it wasn't enough.

About 80% of the plant, and the lithium batteries it housed, were consumed in the fire, said Joel Mendoza, chief of the North Monterey County Fire Department, at a Saturday press conference.

The EPA and Vistra Energy, which owns the plant, have air quality monitoring equipment on site, which has not picked up reportable levels of hydrogen fluoride gas, according to North County Fire ...