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Fire erupts at battery storage facility in La Verne; nearby school under shelter-in-place order
LA VERNE, Calif. (KABC) — A fire erupted at a battery storage unit at a Metropolitan Water District facility in La Verne Tuesday, prompting nearby schools to evacuate.
The fire was reported around 11:40 a.m. near a solar panel field on the northeast side of the facility in the 3200 block of Wheeler Avenue. Crews from the La Verne Fire Department and Los Angeles County Fire Department responded.
One employee suffered minor injuries and was taken to a local hospital, according to La Verne Fire Department Battalion Chief Mark Savage.
Evacuation orders were issued for the immediate area surrounding the facility, while evacuation warnings were issued for areas to the north and east. Click here to see if you are in an impacted area.
Evacuations issued in La Verne after hazardous lithium-ion fire
Evacuation orders have been issued in La Verne after a hazardous lithium-ion fire broke out at the Metropolitan Water District on Tuesday afternoon.
The La Verne Police Department said the fire erupted at the facility on the 3000 block of Wheeler Avenue.
Evacuations have been issued for everyone near Wheeler and Bonita Avenue. Police are urging residents to gather their families and leave the area.
Residents east of Wheeler Avenue are being told to shelter in place, close all windows and doors until further notice. Shelter-in-place orders have also been issued at Grace Miller Elementary School and Bonita High School.
Aerial footage of the fire showed fire engines using their ladders to spray the area with water.
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Schools under shelter-in-place order amid fire in eastern LA County
A lithium battery fire broke out in the city of La Verne in eastern Los Angeles County Tuesday, prompting elementary and high school students and staff in the area to shelter in place.
The fire was reported inside a building belonging to the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California on Wheeler Avenue off U.S. Route 66 at around 11:43 a.m.
The water district confirmed that the fire started at a "battery energy storage system near a solar panel field on the northeast side at the facility, which houses Weymouth Water Treatment Plant."
The water district, which supplies drinking water to parts of LA, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego and Ventura counties, said water supply was not affected by the fire.
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