Hundreds of people have been ordered to evacuate and part of Highway 1 in Northern California has been closed due to a major fire at one of the world’s largest battery storage plants

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.

Even as four wildfires continued to burn in Los Angeles County Wednesday, the blazes were already rewriting the record books.

Authorities in Monterey County, California lifted all evacuations Friday night, one day after a fire broke out at one of the world's largest lithium battery storage facilities.

The fire broke out Thursday at the Moss Landing Power Plant and forced the evacuation of about 1,500 nearby residents

A 3.7-magnitude earthquake shook the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The about 5-mile deep quake hit about three miles northwest from the San Francisco Zoo, at 7:02 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 10, according to the USGS.

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On Monday at 12:24 p.m. the NWS San Francisco CA issued a wind advisory valid from 7 p.m. until Wednesday 10 a.m. The advisory is for Marin Coastal Range, San Francisco Peninsula Coast, Santa Cruz Mountains and Eastern Santa Clara Hills.

The fire that started Thursday at the Vistra Energy battery plant in Moss Landing, roughly 80 miles (about 130 kilometers) south of San Francisco, led to 1,700 people evacuating, closed part of Highway 1 and generated huge flames and significant amounts of smoke. The cause is under investigation.

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The fire at the Vistra Energy lithium battery plant in Moss Landing generated huge flames and significant amounts of smoke Thursday.

Two wildfires still burning in Los Angeles have torched more urban area than any other fire in the state since at least the mid-1980s, an Associated Press analysis shows. The Eaton and Palisades