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Shelter-in-Place Order Lifted, Smoke Advisory Remains for Boyle Heights Warehouse Fire
Crews found a hidden fire pocket in a freezer container and kept monitoring ammonia and smoke as air-quality officials tracked downwind impacts.
- A massive fire erupted Wednesday, June 17, 2026, at the Lineage Logistics cold-storage warehouse in Boyle Heights, compromising an ammonia line and triggering small explosions that prompted the Los Angeles Fire Department to issue a shelter-in-place order.
- Firefighters deployed aerial water drops to battle flames spreading across solar panels—a rare tactic LAFD Chief Jaime Moore said he had only recalled twice in 31 years—after the facility experienced a similar solar panel fire in 2024.
- The South Coast AQMD issued a particle pollution advisory Thursday, June 18, 2026, as crews reissued a shelter-in-place order for Boyle Heights to protect residents from hazardous smoke while ventilating the 491,000-square-foot warehouse.
- LAFD crews lifted the shelter-in-place order on Friday, June 19, 2026, after successfully evacuating onsite ammonia tanks and halting the fire's forward progress, though smoldering material continued affecting air quality downwind.
- Authorities continue investigating the fire's cause while monitoring for hot spots at the facility, which marks one of three notable warehouse fires in California within the past month alongside incidents at Kimberly Clark and Medline Industries.
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Shelter-in-place order lifted, smoke advisory remains for Boyle Heights warehouse fire
A shelter-in-place order was lifted late Friday morning for parts of Boyle Heights as firefighters continued battling stubborn hot spots inside a massive cold storage warehouse that caught fire earlier this week, though a smoke advisory remains in effect. The fire broke out Wednesday afternoon at the Lineage Logistics cold storage facility in the 1400 [...]
·Los Angeles, United States
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