Hundreds still evacuated in La Verne due to lithium ion battery fire at Metropolitan Water District

Name: Hundreds still evacuated in La Verne due to lithium ion battery fire at Metropolitan Water District
Uploaded: 2026-09-23T17:38:00-0700
Duration: 3 min 12 s
Description: Zach Boetto reports from La Verne, where firefighters on Wednesday said that hundreds of people were still under mandatory evacuation orders more than 24 hours after a lithium ion battery fire broke out at a Metropolitan Water District facility.

Zach Boetto reports from La Verne, where firefighters on Wednesday said that hundreds of people were still under mandatory evacuation orders more than 24 hours after a lithium ion battery fire broke out at a Metropolitan Water District facility.