On Monday, firefighters continued to battle the blaze inside the cold storage warehouse in Boyle Heights.
The fire began on June 17 at the Lineage cold storage facility on South Los Palos St. It reignited once again on June 19. On Saturday, L.A. Mayor Karen issued a state of emergency in Boyle Heights, while Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency for L.A. County.
Capt. Jacob Raabe told KNX News’ Jon Baird that the 8.5 million pounds of food inside the warehouse can be dangerous to the firefighters.
“It was frozen, and as it's burning in fire and as the refrigerant is turned off, it's warming up, and all that can fall on the firefighters,” he said.
Another concern has been the smoke in the area. One man told Baird his family was able to get out.
“My family has been fortunate enough to be able to go somewhere else during these days, so there's a lot of families that are not that fortunate,” he said.
But one woman said she’s been with smoke “night and day.”
Fire crews say they are hoping to get the fire extinguished by the end of the week.
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