The Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles is still dealing with the smell of rotting food and fears over possible toxins after a cold-storage facility burst into flames in June.
Rotting food — millions of pounds of it — remains in an L.A. cold-storage facility damaged in a fire. Residents say the cleanup hasn’t been fast enough.
The blaze that broke out Wednesday has been especially challenging for firefighters due to the nature of the facility.
Firefighters are still battling a blaze at a massive frozen-food storage facility near downtown Los Angeles six days after the fire started.
Firefighters have been battling a fire at a cold storage facility in Boyle Heights for days, and as the flames are extinguished, the building’s structural integrity is becoming more and more of a concern. The Los Angeles Fire Department said Saturday night that crews utilized a “large amount of water” on Saturday night after a day of both ground and aerial fire suppression efforts. With the fire having started Wednesday afternoon, Sunday morning marked the fifth straight day of drenching the burning 500,000-square-foot facility with solar panels on its roof in the 1400 block of South Los Palos Street.
Smoke spread across Los Angeles on Sunday, but the Fire Department said it was making progress in extinguishing the fire at the cold-storage warehouse. State and local officials have declared an emergency.
Firefighters say they are making progress against the blaze, which began Wednesday at a cold-storage facility. But smoke continued to blow across the region, and the authorities reiterated air-quality warnings.
The fire started inside a freezer area at the cold storage facility and was initially extinguished before reigniting.