A Los Angeles Neighborhood Was Terrorized by a Raging Warehouse Inferno. Now It’s Tormented by the Suffocating Stench
Parishioners say 90% of residents noticed constant odors as officials ordered Lineage Logistics to remove the waste and curb the nuisance.
- Residents of Boyle Heights are grappling with a persistent, fetid stench from a Lineage Logistics warehouse fire that erupted nearly two months ago, prompting the historic Resurrection Church to lead a community-wide fight for relief.
- The mid-June fire at the Lineage facility left 88 million pounds of frozen food rotting, creating a waste crisis that would fill roughly 440,000 curbside trash bins and blanket the neighborhood in persistent pollution.
- Official records show over 4,200 complaints to the South Coast Air Quality Management District, while a county survey found 90% of neighbors notice constant odors accompanied by swarms of flies and rats infesting the area.
- Following an abatement order from the South Coast Air Quality Management District, Lineage has removed approximately 80% of the food waste, with the City of Los Angeles demanding full clearance by August 13.
- Resurrection Church, led by Monsignor John Moretta, continues a century-long legacy of activism, with parishioners framing the crisis as 'environmental racism' and demanding accountability from elected officials.
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Millions of Pounds of Meat Are Rotting in LA Warehouse
Residents of a Los Angeles neighborhood say that almost two months after a warehouse fire, an unbearable smell is lingering. After the June 17 fire gutted a massive cold-storage warehouse in Boyle Heights, about 85 million pounds of meat and seafood inside have been left to rot, residents say—and...
After 4,000+ odor complaints, Lineage hit with modified AQMD abatement order for Boyle Heights warehouse
The unanimous decision comes after the board received nearly seven hours of testimony from impacted residents and five hours of presentations from Lineage Logistics.
An unbearable rotting smell is making life very difficult in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles. The smell originates from a burned-down warehouse where millions of kilograms of rotting food still lie.
Close Loopholes for Polluters to Save LA’s Air, Water
A smoldering warehouse and a near disastrous release of toxic chemicals has reminded Californians of the risks of living near industrial facilities. In June, a raging fire in a huge food storage warehouse with toxic refrigerants blanketed Boyle Heights and neighboring communities for days with thick, dangerous smoke. In late May, we barely averted a catastrophe at an aerospace manufacturer in Garden Grove that forced the evacuation of 50,000 peo…
For eight days residents of Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, observed the smoke rising from a warehouse praying that the flames would spare their homes. (ANSA)
"It smells bad, really bad. So bad that you want to throw up," says a resident of the devastated area.
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