Officers tried to get into the vehicle to save the driver, but, 'due to the intensity of the flames and heat, they were unable to rescue the occupant,' the department said.

California wildfire cleanup is complicated by highly combustible lithium-ion batteries found in electric and hybrid vehicles popular in Los Angeles County.

In the wake of the recent fire at Vistra Corporation's Moss Landing Power Plant and Energy Storage Facility, the California Public Utilities Commission has proposed new standards for battery energy storage facilities.

The massive fire at one of the world's largest lithium battery storage plants in Northern California has shaken a local community worried about possible long-term impacts and brought scrutiny to the emerging industry's safety practices.

A fire at the world’s largest battery storage plant in Northern California is smoldering after sending plumes of toxic smoke into the atmosphere.

The CPUC will vote on a proposal adopting new safety standards for the maintenance and operation of battery energy storage systems.

The fire confirmed the worst fears of a Central Coast community where a new battery farm is planned, writes SLO.

The blaze at Moss Landing in Monterey County, California may have been worse because of the plant’s design and the types of batteries used.

Renewable energy advocates have long called for building battery complexes to store intermittent solar and wind energy, but a recent fire that spewed toxic heavy metals

Nearly two weeks after the Eaton fire forced Claire Robinson to flee her Altadena home, she returned, donning a white hazmat suit, a respirator and goggles.

At Wednesday afternoon’s County of Monterey briefing, Ricardo Encarnacion, bureau chief and County of Monterey director of environmental health, said that the county and its partners, the