alt.hn

1/17/2025 at 2:18:16 PM

One of largest lithium battery plants ignites in Moss Landing

 https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/lithium-battery-plant-ignites-moss-landing-fire-20040198.php

by inferiorhuman

1/17/2025 at 7:34:43 PM

> prompting evacuations and warnings to stay inside to avoid noxious fumes in Monterey County.

This is what I have always been worried about... Modern industry seems all fine until a fire breaks out or a train overturns.

by suraci

1/17/2025 at 11:50:57 PM

What type of fire smoke is not toxic?

by dzhiurgis

1/18/2025 at 12:47:24 AM

Pure hydrogen fire?

Depends on what's making up the burning airship .. but that's not the hydrogen fire, that's the additives.

by defrost

1/18/2025 at 12:41:09 AM

I mean it's a standard warning for fires, but battery fires are a more dangerous form of toxic due to the corrosive materials batteries are made of.

by Jarwain

1/17/2025 at 8:30:05 PM

I was on a run last night and noticed the glow. How many times has that battery plant caught fire? Seems like grid scale battery technology is not ready for the lime light. AB 2514 forced utilities to build out this dumpster fire. It's ironic that California's climate solution is burning while the state blames climate change for the LA fire.

by brocklobsta

1/17/2025 at 10:35:57 PM

Other reports indicate this facility has had fires twice before.

by anon84873628

1/17/2025 at 11:12:07 PM

That seems like a high rate of fires given that plant opened at the end of 2020. I wonder what to total cost.

by brocklobsta