The County Agriculture Commissioner comments on ag impacts following the Moss Landing Power Plant fire
CENTRAL COAST, Calif. (KION-TV) -- The County of Monterey's Agriculture Commissioner talked about the Vistra Energy battery fire and its lasting effects on the local agriculture industry in a press briefing Wednesday.
“I should mention that we are in the middle of winter right now, even though it doesn't seem like it, but a lot of our agricultural operations are idle during this time of the year, so there's very little activity in the fields," commented County Commissioner Juan Hidalgo about the air quality and particulate matter in regards to nearby farmworkers.
Hidalgo added that given the weather and dispersion of the fire, particulates never reached ground levels. He also said that the fire incident is something that the local agriculture industry hasn't seen before, so they're working with local agencies to investigate further.
"Very few commodities are being harvested, and there's very limited numbers of agricultural workers out in agricultural areas as well,” Hidalgo said of agriculture workers out in the field.