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Boyle Heights warehouse fire raises concerns about industrial toxins spreading across LA County neighborhoods

Steve Scauzillo

3h ago· 7 min readenNews

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A massive warehouse fire in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, has been burning for six days at a cold-storage facility, releasing toxic smoke containing microscopic soot and ash that poses serious health risks to nearby communities. The smoke is being pushed easterly into East Los Angeles and the San Gabriel Valley by coastal breezes. The article raises concerns about industrial toxins in LA County neighborhoods and calls for scientific study of the chemicals released in such fires.

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Smoke from a six-day old massive warehouse fire in Boyle Heights will be pushed easterly through Monday night and Tuesday afternoon into East Los Angeles and the San Gabriel Valley by those cooling breezes that define Southern California's Mediterranean climate.

Only this time, the welcome winds carry unwanted, microscopic soot and ash from the still-burning cold-storage facility that can damage the lungs and cause disease.

Scientists need to study these chemical fires.

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What’s in the smoke from the East LA warehouse fire? Toxics and chemicals, maybe? Scientists need to study these chemical fires.

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