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>Massive warehouse?
>Massive fire?
>How big is massive
Posted initially on this board on June 17,smoke and fumes from still-burning cold storage facility flowing into the skies for the 5th day straight.85 million pounds of frozen food== + structure are still burning.
The roof was covered in solar panels and there was a roof fire (now out) in additional to the interior fire (ongoing), but the cause has not yet been determined. No injuries.
Lineage Logistics, is the private owner of the supply chain hub (the burning warehouse held enough food for 10 million people).
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"Smoke is still emanating from the fire at the warehouse, which first responders are struggling to completely extinguish because of a lack of visibility inside the massive cold-storage facility in Boyle Heights—located just five miles southeast of downtown LA.
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"The damaged facility connects food products to approximately 10 million people, according to Lineage Logistics, the private owner of the supply chain hub.
"Local news stations showed smoke billowing from the burning roof of the 491,000-square-foot warehouse, where it is believed to have started at about 2:30 p.m. on June 17. The roof of the facility is covered in solar panels.
"The roof fire was extinguished within six hours, but firefighters are still struggling to gain entry to parts of the interior because of a buildup of thick smoke.
“We have85 million pounds of frozen food inside of this facilityand the way the building has been laid out, it’s very difficult for us to get in there because there’s zero visibility inside,” Moore said. “Our firefighters are not able to just go in there and start moving pallets.”
"Earlier on June 20, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said the city needed state assistance to safely dispose of the millions of pounds of spoiling biowaste in a way that will avert a major environmental disaster."
"Lineage Logistics said that the cause of the fire has still “not been determined.”
“We are working closely with local officials to assist in all investigations and remediations of the fire and will continue to do so as we cleanup once the site is safe for entry,” its statement read."
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/california-declares-state-of-emergency-over-los-angeles-warehouse-fire-smoke-6051073
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Update: Monday, June 22, 2026, 4:30 a.m.
"Los Angeles County health officials extended the region’s particle pollution advisory again on Sunday, pushing it to 12:30 p.m. Monday as smoke from the Boyle Heights warehouse fire continued to affect air quality. Since Friday night, fine-particle pollution has reached levels rated “Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups” to “Very Unhealthy” across central Los Angeles County, the San Gabriel Valley and the eastern San Fernando Valley — the zone that includes South Pasadena, San Marino, Pasadena and Highland Park.Shifting winds moved the smoke in new directions through the day, and Los Angeles County closed parks, pools and children’s activities as a precaution. This remains an advisory, not a shelter-in-place order; the guidance is still to stay indoors with windows and doors closed when smoke is present, run an air purifier, avoid swamp coolers and whole-house fans, and wear an N95 or P100 mask if you must be outside in heavy smoke.
"There was meaningful progress on the fire itself. At a Sunday news conference, Los Angeles Fire Chief Jaime Moore said crews had made incredible headway, removing sections of the warehouse’s exterior walls to reach the fire burning deep inside and apply large volumes of water. The department said the blaze along the building’s exterior has been largely knocked down, and Moore said he expects the acrid smoke that has hung over the region to begin to subside. A full knockdown is in sight, but the job is not done: interior storage racks are still holding up parts of the collapsed roof, leaving unstable conditions that crews are working through carefully, with the remaining fire concentrated in the building’s interior.
"The emergency declarations issued Saturday by Mayor Karen Bass and Gov. Gavin Newsom remain in effect, and the response has shifted from fighting flames to managing the aftermath — structural safety, ongoing air monitoring, and the eventual removal of an estimated 85 million pounds of spoiled food from the cold-storage facility, a cleanup officials expect to be substantial. No injuries have been reported. Residents can check real-time conditions for their own neighborhood at aqmd.gov/AQImap or AirNow.gov. This report will be updated as conditions change."
https://southpasadenan.com/air-quality-advisory-smoke-from-massive-boyle-heights-warehouse-fire-envelops-south-pasadena/