LA firefighters battle sixth day of cold storage warehouse fire in Boyle Heights
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AMY TAXIN and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ
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Los Angeles firefighters are battling a challenging, multi-day fire at a massive cold storage warehouse in the Boyle Heights neighborhood. The 500,000-square-foot facility, operated by Lineage, is covered in solar panels and heavily insulated like a freezer, making firefighting efforts extremely difficult. Firefighters have been unable to enter the building due to the hazardous conditions and are fighting the blaze from outside. The fire has been burning for six days, producing significant smoke in the area.
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· 3 pulledLos Angeles firefighters are on their sixth day of battling a fire at a massive warehouse near downtown that stores frozen food.
The blaze that broke out Wednesday has been especially challenging for firefighters due to the nature of the facility operated by Michigan-based Lineage in the Boyle Heights neighborhood east of downtown.
Firefighters haven't been able to enter the building and are instead...
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