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bdalameda

bdalameda

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Well, I was on my way home tonight and noticed smoke coming out of the Vistra Energy battery storage facility a couple of miles from my office. The fire now has grown into a huge blaze and it can be seen for many miles. It appears that the 750 MW lithium storage unit is on fire again. This is the third major fire in this facility over the last few years. The fire department can't do anything at this point other than watch it burn and make sure it does not spread outside the facility. There is a lot of toxic smoke drifting north and evacuations and road closures have started. This is supposedly the largest energy storage facility in the world.
 
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bdalameda said:
Latest - Surprised this did not make national news
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Of course not. They don't want the public to worry about these battery storage facilities, knowing they are fire hazards!

Near where my son lives in SoCal, there is a battery storage facility that has had at least one fire!
 
SupraSabre said:
Of course not. They don't want the public to worry about these battery storage facilities, knowing they are fire hazards!

Near where my son lives in SoCal, there is a battery storage facility that has had at least one fire!
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A quick look at google, and the story was on CNN, AP, NPR, USA Today, MSN, KSBW (Monterey), and a bunch of other stations. None of these are national, right @bdalameda?
 
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