May 22, 2024 · According to the Murray Project website, the La Mesa project would use lithium iron phosphate batteries, a reportedly safer option that is emissions free and non-toxic. In Otay Mesa, officials...

May 20, 2024 · After several days of burning and reigniting, a fire at a battery storage facility in Otay Mesa increased in intensity overnight Friday, damaging the building and leading to evacuation...

Sep 5, 2024 · Thousands of people in Escondido are affected by an incessant fire that sparked Thursday at SDG&E’s Northeast Operations Center, a lithium-ion battery energy storage facility.

May 18, 2024 · A flare-up at a lithium-ion energy storage facility in Otay Mesa has prompted authorities to re-issue evacuation orders. The fire first erupted at the Gateway Energy Storage …

May 17, 2024 · SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A fire at a battery storage facility in Otay Mesa reignited overnight, prompting a rapid response from firefighters that continued into Friday.

Sep 5, 2024 · A lithium-ion battery fire in Escondido has been burning for more than 1 6 hours, prompting evacuation and shelter-in-place orders.

Apr 3, 2023 · San Diego first responders are investigating the second lithium-ion battery fire this week — and it's only Monday. One of the fires led to an explosion that left a man with critical...

May 15, 2024 · OTAY MESA — Firefighters extinguished a fire Thursday afternoon at an Otay Mesa energy storage facility that houses lithium ion batteries, ending a more than day-long battle with an ...

Utility officials said the fire at the Escondido lithium-ion storage facility was contained to one of dozens of battery units. Firefighters apply water as fire burns through a lithium battery...

When a massive fire erupted at one of the world's largest lithium-ion battery storage facilities in Monterey County, it didn't just send a toxic plume of smoke over nearby communities — it cast ...