A second lawsuit has been filed regarding the alleged damages caused by the fire at the Moss Landing battery storage facility on Jan. 16.The owners of the Haute Enchilada Restaurant, Café, and Gallery have filed a lawsuit in the Northern District of California.

Monterey County residents near Moss Landing were told late Tuesday to close their windows and doors overnight after a fire broke out at the Vistra Energy lithium-ion battery storage facility near the Moss Landing Harbor.

Crews have begun work on the first step of a long process in cleaning up the wreckage of the Moss Landing battery storage plant after a huge fire last month drew national attention and raised questions about the safety of a new technology needed to continue California’s expansion of renewable energy.

A lawsuit was filed Thursday in response to the impacts of the Jan. 16 fire at Vistra's Moss Landing Battery Energy Storage Facility.

The fire at the Vistra Battery Facility storage plant brought a Tuesday night warning from Monterey County’s emergency warning system that residents near the Moss Landing Harbor needed to remain indoors and close windows.

Smoke and flames were confirmed at the facility on Tuesday evening, but fire officials say the fire has since burned itself out.

During the Monterey County media briefing Wednesday, on-scene coordinator Eric Sandusky said crews have started delinking batteries – disconnecting them from one another – in hopes of reducing the