Boyle Heights warehouse fire enters sixth day, blanketing Los Angeles County in toxic smoke
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Tony Briscoe, Kori McNair, Mack Baysinger
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A massive fire at a refrigerated warehouse in Boyle Heights has been burning for nearly a week, releasing toxic smoke that has engulfed tens of thousands of people in southeast Los Angeles County and the San Gabriel Valley. Experts warn there is no safe level of exposure to the particle pollution, and shifting winds continue to spread the hazardous air in different directions, raising serious public health concerns for residents in the affected areas.
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· 1 pulledThere's no safe level of exposure to particle pollution, said Will Barrett, assistant vice president for nationwide clean air policy at the A
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