Crews have begun work on the first step of a long process in cleaning up the wreckage of the Moss Landing battery storage plant after a huge fire last month drew national attention and raised questions about the safety of a new technology needed to continue California’s expansion of renewable energy.

A lawsuit was filed Thursday in response to the impacts of the Jan. 16 fire at Vistra's Moss Landing Battery Energy Storage Facility. Attorneys for Kim and Luis Solano, owners of The Haute Enchilada in Moss Landing, filed the lawsuit in the Northern District of California against Texas-based Vistra Corporation and other parties.

A second lawsuit has been filed in response to alleged damages suffered from the Moss Landing battery storage facility fire on Jan. 16.

Monterey County residents near Moss Landing were told late Tuesday to close their windows and doors overnight after a fire broke out at the Vistra Energy lithium-ion battery storage facility near the Moss Landing Harbor.

Smoke and flames were confirmed at the facility on Tuesday evening, but fire officials say the fire has since burned itself out.

Light smoke has been reported at the Vistra Battery Facility in Moss Landing. Monterey County officials say the smoke appears to be coming from the previously burned area within the Vistra Moss Landing Lithium-Ion Battery facility. It's been nearly a month since a large fire swept through the facility.