SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A stubborn fire at a battery storage site in Otay Mesa is burning for a sixth day. Fire officials are preparing for it to potentially take weeks to put out.

An evacuation warning is in place in Otay Mesa after a fire broke out at a lithium-ion battery facility. The fire broke out ...

“In San Diego there was a fire last May at the Otay Mesa battery storage facility,” Church said. “It’s nine months later and they are still cleaning it up. That gives you some idea of how ...

I read that there has been another lithium battery storage facility fire, this one in Monterey County. As in Otay Mesa and Escondido, it spewed toxic heavy metals, polluting the water, air and ...

The blaze, named the Border 2 fire, also triggered school closures ... did suspend visits at three county jails in the Otay Mesa area and outdoor activities have been canceled at the Richard ...

An $8 million battery energy storage ... Diego area — the most prominent in Otay Mesa at the 250-megawatt Gateway Energy Storage facility in May 2024. Fire officials said the batteries kept ...

Firefighters are making good progress on extinguishing the brush fire that broke out near Otay Mountain on New Year’s Day, Cal Fire said in an update on X Thursday.

and a second fast-moving fire in the Otay Mountain area is fast growing. Evacuations were initially ordered for neighborhoods between North Torrey Pines Road and La Jolla Parkway off La Jolla ...