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MOSS LANDING, Calif. — “I have lithium in my blood,” Heather Griffin’s voice quivered as she spoke to supporters at a demonstration across from Vistra’s battery storage facility in Monterey County, California, just weeks after a multiday fire at the plant. “I got tested because I had a metallic taste in my mouth and gums, soreness, and my teeth were sore even a week after the fire was put out.”
Griffin is one of dozens of residents who have reported suffering from an illness following the flames, with symptoms including trouble breathing, painful sores, bloody noses, extreme fatigue, and persistent headaches.
For some residents with preexisting conditions, such as asthma or COPD, conditions have worsened.
On Saturday morning, members of the community organized a demonstration under the banner of a new grassroots group: Never Again Moss Landing. The group formed days after the Moss Landing battery energy storage facility fire, with the goal of advocating for community interests and organizing volunteer efforts to collect facts so that the January 16 fire, the second in three years after a fire at PG&E’s battery facility in 2022, is the last.The group has also decided to supplement testing efforts by Monterey County and take matters into their own hands: On the weekend after the fire had apparently burned itself out, volunteers collected 124 surface wipe samples throughout the Monterey Bay area, swabbing everything from patio tables to solar panels to hot tub covers.
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