Gateway Energy: Clean Up of America's (2nd) Worst BESS Fire

Training & Consulting: https://www.stachedtraining.com In May 2024, a massive lithium-ion battery fire broke out at the Gateway Energy BESS facility in Otay Mesa, California — just miles from the U.S.-Mexico border. Over the next 20 months, EPA on-scene coordinators, Cal Fire, San Diego County, and private contractors worked to contain, dismantle, and clean up one of the largest battery energy storage system fires in U.S. history. In this video, we walk through every phase of the cleanup with EPA OSC Robert Wise — from air and water monitoring, to building deconstruction, battery removal, brining, and the complex logistical challenge of shipping thousands of fire-damaged lithium-ion batteries across state lines.