{"id":273287,"date":"2024-05-19T23:30:31","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T06:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesofsandiego.com\/?p=273287"},"modified":"2024-05-20T06:33:21","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T13:33:21","slug":"firefighters-make-progress-on-persistent-battery-energy-storage-blaze-in-otay-mesa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesofsandiego.com\/life\/2024\/05\/19\/firefighters-make-progress-on-persistent-battery-energy-storage-blaze-in-otay-mesa\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefighters Make Progress on Persistent Battery Energy Storage Blaze in Otay Mesa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timesofsandiego.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/0.CalF_.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"561\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timesofsandiego.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/0.CalF_.jpg?resize=1024%2C561&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Fire engine\" class=\"wp-image-181772\" style=\"width:912px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timesofsandiego.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/0.CalF_.jpg?resize=1024%2C561&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timesofsandiego.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/0.CalF_.jpg?resize=300%2C164&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timesofsandiego.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/0.CalF_.jpg?resize=768%2C421&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timesofsandiego.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/0.CalF_.jpg?resize=1200%2C657&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timesofsandiego.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/0.CalF_.jpg?resize=400%2C219&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timesofsandiego.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/0.CalF_.jpg?w=1236&amp;ssl=1 1236w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timesofsandiego.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/0.CalF_-1024x561.jpg?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A Cal Fire engine. Photo credit: OnScene.TV<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Firefighters continued their efforts Sunday to put out a commercial structure fire that broke out four days ago at one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/ls-power-energizes-largest-battery-storage-project-in-the-world-the-250-mw-gateway-project-in-california-301114983.html\">largest<\/a> battery and energy storage facilities in the world in the Otay Mesa area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Units were originally dispatched early Wednesday afternoon to the massive energy storage facility, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lspower.com\/ls-power-energizes-largest-battery-storage-project-in-the-world-the-250-mw-gateway-project-in-california-2\/\">Gateway Energy Storage<\/a>, in the 600 block of Camino De La Fuente.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C7EziKZp-KN\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; 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However, firefighters appeared to be at the tail end of the blaze Sunday, according to Cal Fire San Diego. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Firefighters continue to mitigate the fire, with only minimum heat remaining,&#8221; Cal Fire officials said in an <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CALFIRESANDIEGO\/status\/1792263821316534697\">incident update<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Please see the morning update for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CaminoIC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CaminoIC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7qxGimSFfy\">pic.twitter.com\/7qxGimSFfy<\/a><\/p>&mdash; CAL FIRE\/San Diego County Fire (@CALFIRESANDIEGO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CALFIRESANDIEGO\/status\/1792263821316534697?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 19, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A road closure was in effect at Camino De La Fuente at Paseo De La Fuente, according to fire officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A total of 40 personnel were assigned to the fire, including one truck, five engines and equipment for hazardous materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Personnel from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiego.gov\/fire\">San Diego Fire-Rescue<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sdsheriff.gov\">San Diego County Sheriff&#8217;s Department<\/a>, and the San Diego County Department of Environmental Health&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegocounty.gov\/content\/sdc\/deh\/hazmat.html\">Hazardous Materials Division<\/a> were assisting in the effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No injuries were reported, and the cause of the fire is under investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>City News Service contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Units were originally dispatched early Wednesday afternoon to the massive energy storage facility, Gateway Energy Storage, in the 600 block of Camino De La Fuente.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":181772,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"MSN_Categories":"News","MSN_Publish_Option":true,"MSN_Is_Local_News":true,"MSN_Is_AIAC_Included":"Empty","MSN_Location":"[{\"longitude\":\"-117.164\",\"latitude\":\"32.7158\",\"locality\":\"San Diego\",\"subRegion\":\"San Diego County\",\"region\":\"CA\",\"country\":\"United States\"}]","MSN_Add_Feature_Img_On_Top_Of_Post":false,"MSN_Has_Custom_Author":false,"MSN_Custom_Author":"","MSN_Has_Custom_Canonical_Url":false,"MSN_Custom_Canonical_Url":"","newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2024-05-19T21:36:37Z","apple_news_api_id":"a99af159-9558-44b6-b4a4-40e86e7c477f","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2024-05-20T13:33:27Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQ==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AqZrxWZVYRLa0pEDobnxHfw","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[11],"tags":[295834,809,261743,290146,10183],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[292160],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<title>Firefighters Make Progress on Persistent Battery Energy Storage Blaze in Otay Mesa - 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