Boyle Heights warehouse cleanup begins as crews face 85 million pounds of spoiled food
Crews are removing more than 85 million pounds of burned and spoiled food as investigators probe the cause and monitor air quality.
- On Wednesday, the Los Angeles Fire Department declared the Lineage Logistics cold storage warehouse fire in Boyle Heights 'knocked down' after eight days, though firefighters remain on-site monitoring for hot spots.
- Lineage claims the blaze began while contractors for Altus Power tested a rooftop solar array, though Altus disputes that conclusion and the official cause remains under investigation.
- Environmental health researcher Dr. Jill Johnston at UC Irvine warned that burning plastics and metals pose risks for "toxic gases," heightening residents' concerns about long-term health effects from smoke and spoiled food.
- Mayor Karen Bass and Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency on Saturday to enable state resources, while Lineage donated $2 million to the California Community Impact Fund for relief.
- Cleanup crews face removing more than 85 million pounds of spoiled food while candidates for city attorney, including Marissa Roy, call for corporate accountability investigations into the fire's cause.
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The Lineage Fire in Boyle Heights. Photograph by Chelsea Mosher. This week in the Anthropocene A black cloud hangs heavy, casting a dark, ominous shadow. The air is suffocating and smells of burnt plastic and chemicals. It is Day 7 of a raging fire in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, where a 500,000-square-foot refrigerated storage facility housing 85 million pounds of food is in flames. An electrical fire that reportedly erupted b…
LAFD Hopes to Turn Warehouse Ravaged by Fire Over to Operator by Friday
Cleanup efforts were underway Thursday after crews knocked down a stubborn fire in a cold-storage food warehouse in Boyle Heights, where tons of food remains spoiling more than a week after the massive blaze broke out. Firefighters moved into the overhaul phase of operations at the Lineage Logistics warehouse Wednesday night, after a knockdown of the fire was declared after eight days. Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Jamie Moore told reporters…
The fire in the Lineage warehouse lasted for a week; cleaning work will begin when LAFD determines that there are no risks
Disgusting concerns of vermin and bugs as Boyle Heights warehouse becomes bloated biohazard
A warehouse fire in Boyle Heights has evolved into a public health concern, as video shows rodents in the streets around the scorched building, filled with 85 million pounds of rotting food.
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