The Moss Landing fire at a lithium battery plant has poured smoke into the sky above Monterey County. The weather service forecasts wind to push it east.

A fire broke out at one of the world's largest battery storage plants in California's Monterey County on Thursday.

Flames continued to spew early Friday morning in the community of Moss Landing and the Elkhorn Slough area in northern Monterey County after a major fire at a battery storage plant that brought evacuations.

People living near a power plant in Central California were ordered to evacuate their homes Thursday night after a fire broke out at the facility, officials said.

The dramatic fire at the the Vistra battery storage plant, one of the world’s largest, caused the evacuation of 1,200 people in Northern Monterey County, closed Highway 1 and sent large clouds of toxic black smoke billowing from at one of the world’s largest battery storage plants.

A fire broke out at the Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility in Central California Thursday. The battery power plant is the largest in the world according to the company, Vistra, that owns it.

Monterey County officials and Vistra Energy executives give press conference as the largest battery fire ever continues to smolder in Moss Landing.

Time-lapse videos captured by KSBW’s live cams show the fire that began burning Thursday at the Vistra Power Plant in Moss Landing.

A massive fire that destroyed much of a huge battery storage facility in Moss Landing raised questions Friday, and possible new hurdles, for California’s efforts to shift most of its electricity generation to renewable energy like solar and wind.

Timelapse videos captured by KSBW’s live cams show the fire that began burning at the Vistra Power Plant in Moss Landing.

There needs to be some accountability,” Church said in a press conference Friday, noting this was the fourth fire in five years at Moss Landing battery facilities.