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Story summary
- Metropolitan Water District of Southern California’s battery storage unit caught fire in La Verne, California.
- One employee suffered minor injuries and was taken to a hospital.
- Evacuation and shelter-in-place orders affected roughly 185 properties, including Grace Miller Elementary.
- Fire crews applied water, restarted cooling and deployed a drone to monitor temperature.
- Air-quality monitors detected no hazardous toxins and the water supply remained unaffected.