. >> reporter: josh contreras looked out to see a ball of fire on the horizon. >> i walked up the docks, then i took more photos of it because you could see the flames, probably almost as tall as the towers that stand here. >> reporter: and now that the fire is out, many others in this area, they are thinking about what will come next here. >> and if they do battery packs, they should keep it in more deserted areas. >> this technology is a head of government's ability to regulate it and industry's ability to control it. >> reporter: the monterey county board of supervisors were asking similar questions at an emergency meeting on the fire, a representative from vista says they are just now getting access to the burned out lithium battery facility. at least one supervisor said the fire was enough to draw this conclusion. >> this battery storage is essential, the direction we're going. as i said last night and i have tried to emphasize, we just can't put that above safety. that's got to be the priority at this point. >> we're on a steep learning curve with the battery safety still, and we

. >> reporter: josh contreras looked out of his houseboat to see a ball of fire >> i walked on the dock. i took more photos of it. because you could see the flames probably almost as tall as the towers here >> reporter: and now that the fire is out, he's th*euing about what comes next here >> that they do do battery packs they should keep it in more deserted areas >> this technology is ahead of governments ability to regulate it and industries ability to control it >> reporter: they are just now getting access to the burned out lithium battery facility. at least one supervisor said the fire was enough to draw this conclusion. >> this battery storage is essential for the future. that's the direction we're going. but like i said last night and have tried to emphasize, we just can't put that above safety. that's got to be the priority at this point >> unfortunately we're on a pretty steep learning curve with battery safety. we're still figuring out how to best to suppress them >> reporter: justin lavenie is a professor at san jose state university and he says the fire will be a wake up cal