A fire at one of the world's largest lithium battery plants reignited Friday afternoon. Officials say the evacuation order has been lifted, but advise residents to limit outdoor exposure in abundance of caution.

A fire broke out at one of the world's largest battery storage plants in California's Monterey County on Thursday.

A fire at the world’s largest battery storage plant in Northern California is smoldering after sending plumes of toxic smoke into the atmosphere.

The fire started at the Vistra Energy battery plant in Moss Landing, roughly 80 miles south of San Francisco. On Thursday, the fire caused 1,700 people to evacuate, closed part of Highway 1, and generated huge flames and significant amounts of smoke. The cause is under investigation.

A fire broke out at the Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility in Central California Thursday. The battery power plant is the largest in the world according to the company, Vistra, that owns it.

A massive fire that destroyed much of a huge battery storage facility in Moss Landing raised questions Friday, and possible new hurdles, for California’s efforts to shift most of its electricity generation to renewable energy like solar and wind.

The blaze broke out late Thursday at the Monterey County plant that stores and sells power to Pacific Gas & Electric.

Officials lifted evacuation orders in Monterey Bay on Friday evening after determining that a battery fire at a power plant energy storage facility no longer posed a threat to residents — though the blaze continued to burn.

MOSS LANDING, Calif. (KION-TV) -- The Moss Landing Power Plant Vistra battery facility continues to burn as North County Fire monitors the area.

The conference will begin at 2 p.m. in front of the current incident command post at Power Plant Coffee located at 7990 Highway 1 in Moss Landing.

A local state of emergency was declared on Friday, and the county board of supervisors will look to ratify it at a special meeting on Tuesday.