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Los Angeles warehouse fire prompts shelter-in-place orders due to hazardous air
At least 80 firefighters and hazmat crews battled the blaze as ammonia leak concerns pushed responders into a defensive posture.
- A massive fire erupted Wednesday at the Lineage cold-storage facility at 1400 S. Los Palos Street in Boyle Heights, prompting an urgent response from the Los Angeles Fire Department.
- Firefighters initially battled flames on the roof's solar panels, but an ammonia leak inside the 491,000-square-foot structure forced LAFD crews to adopt a defensive posture.
- At least 80 LAFD personnel, including hazardous materials teams, deployed to the site as officials issued a shelter-in-place order for areas from the 101 Freeway to Washington Boulevard.
- Los Angeles Councilmember Ysabel Jurado warned residents to "close all windows and doors" as the order expanded east of Soto Street to Indiana Street, covering Vernon and Commerce.
- While no injuries were immediately reported, the South Coast Air Quality Management District is monitoring particulate matter data as smoke affects neighborhoods downwind of the facility.
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New shelter-in-place order in Boyle Heights after massive warehouse fire
LOS ANGELES — A new shelter-in-place order was issued Thursday in Boyle Heights, where a massive fire at a warehouse was extinguished Wednesday evening. Firefighters said smoke was being vented from the charred structure that could affect ...
Shelter-in-place reinstated as crews vent hazardous smoke from Boyle Heights storage facility
A shelter-in-place order has been reinstated in Boyle Heights as crews undertake ventilation measures to evacuate hazardous smoke from the cold storage facility involved in the massive fire on Wednesday. The fire first broke out at approximately 2:30 p.m. at the nearly 491,000-square-foot building owned by Lineage Logistics, located in the 1400 block of South [...]
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