The community of Moss Landing was evacuated Thursday night because of a fire at a battery storage plant.

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The orders were issued around 7 p.m. Jan. 16 and covered 8 square miles south of Elkhorn Slough. The map above shows the evacuation area in red.

The Castroville Recreation Center was serving as a temporary evacuation point. Highway 1 was closed between Struve Road and Merritt Street (Highway 183).

The evacuation order remained in effect early Friday. For updates and more details, see the Genasys Protect map.