fire in the hole

The terrible LA fires began in dry brush, which is a characteristic landscape on the edge of LA.

Now, the Silicon Valley area, where I live in Northern California, has a fire in a characteristic Silicon Valley landscape.

It's in a warehouse full of lithium batteries.

It broke out last night, and it can't be extinguished. It'll just have to burn itself out. Fortunately it seems to be contained within the warehouse. But the smoke and fumes are a terrible thing.

It's in a town called Moss Landing on Monterey Bay. Moss Landing is a very small town, which is fortunate as it had to be evacuated, and the area immediately around it is pretty empty.

It's about 50 miles from here, which I hope is far enough. All the same, I would avoid its entire vicinity for a while just to protect one's lungs: Castroville, Marina, Salinas, Watsonville ...