Boyle Heights Warehouse Fire Cleanup Continues as Crews Tackle Odors, Clear Out Rotten Food

ER visits spiked around Boyle Heights during warehouse fire, public health data shows

While some Boyle Heights residents say the smell of rotting food is improving, we are learning ER visits nearby tripled during the warehouse fire.

Warehouse Fire Plagues Boyle Heights With 85 Million Pounds of Rotting Meat: 'Like A Dead Body' Smell

Residents in Boyle Heights say their neighbourhood now smells 'like a dead body' after 85 million pounds of meat were left to rot inside a fire‑damaged cold‑storage warehouse, triggering what officials describe as a major biohazard cleanup. The blaze at the Lineage facility, which began on 17 June 2026, burned for more than a week before firefighters declared knockdown on 25 June. The cause of the fire has not been officially confirmed, although…

Hospital visits for smoke inhalation spiked during Boyle Heights warehouse fire

The weeklong Lineage warehouse fire coincided with a surge in hospital visits from Angelenos concerned about throat pain and breathing problems, The Times has learned.

Company has weeks to complete cleanup of Boyle Heights warehouse fire, officials announce

Los Angeles officials issued an emergency order Monday which gives Lineage Logistics less than two months to clean up the wreckage and 85 million pounds of spoiled food left behind by the Boyle Heights warehouse fire. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass signed two executive orders calling for the immediate cleanup of the charred warehouse, which [...]

As cold storage company became global titan, fire risks mounted - Los Angeles Wave Newspaper Group

By Robin Urevich and Aaron Cantu Contributing Writers BOYLE HEIGHTS — More than a week after fire broke out in a cold storage warehouse in Boyle Heights, the Los Angeles Fire Department announced June 26 had finally stopped burning. But neighborhood residents whose homes were enveloped in smoke for days may feel the health and environmental effects of the blaze for weeks or even months. The fire sent thick plumes of black smoke into the air from…

An explosion scare, then a warehouse fire: Californians want answers about hazardous chemicals

Manuel Valle, 84, jumped on his bike and rode through his Boyle Heights neighborhood despite the protests from his worried children. The air was smoky, for the fifth day in a row; he pushed through fits of coughing to pass…