firefighters say it is in a remote area, near a decommissioned powerplant. it started weeks ago, actually, and has been a smoldering until flaring up again today. here is another view of that massive a smoke cloud from the ground. nearby, posted it on twitter. right now, firefighters say it is not threatening any homes, just businesses, but obviously a lot of concerns for people nearby. nbc bay area stephanie what is the latest out there, stephanie? let me say there are no homes currently being threatened. no evacuations. however, you can see the fire is generating a lot of smoke. there is a power plant right here surrounded by vegetation and palm trees. some of those trees are actually on fire right now. at 12:00 this afternoon, fire crews came out here to willow pass road. smoke. because of access issues, they could not get to the area generating the smoke immediately. then the wind picked up and started a vegetation fire. that fire has been moving toward the powerp