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 500,000-square-foot cold storage warehouse in the Boyle Heights neighborhood. The facility, operated by Lineage, is covered in solar panels and heavily insulated like a freezer, preventing firefighters from entering the building. The blaze has been burning for six days, producing billowing smoke and posing unique challenges due to the building's construction and contents.
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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.
Smoke has billowed from the warehouse, which was covered in solar panels and insulated like a freezer, filling the air surrounding the roughly 500,000-square-foot (46,451-square-meter) facility.
Firefighters haven't been able to enter the building and are inste
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