BOYLE HEIGHTS, LOS ANGELES () — The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is demanding additional action from Lineage as residents near a Boyle Heights warehouse damaged by a fire continue to report ongoing impacts weeks after the fire began.
County supervisors unanimously voted to send Lineage a letter requiring the company to respond within 48 hours. Officials are asking the company to continue funding community response centers, provide temporary housing for impacted families, help support local health clinics, and establish a multilingual hotline and claims center.
The board is also requesting that Lineage publicly share its plans for removing rotting food from inside the warehouse, outline how the site will be cleaned up, and release daily air and water quality results.
The action comes one day after demolition work at the building was paused so investigators could preserve evidence while continuing to determine the cause of the fire.
Residents living near the warehouse have said the smell of rotting food remains in the area and appears to be growing stronger. Some also report ongoing concerns about poor air quality.
“It smells like animals, like all that rotten meat and everything. It was just not nice to smell… like you wanna throw up,” said Shalyn Ruiz, who lives three blocks from the building.
Ruiz said the odor was less overwhelming Wednesday than it had been in previous days. However, the smell remains strong enough that crews working at the site are wearing masks during cleanup efforts.
About 150 people a day are visiting a city of Los Angeles resource center in Boyle Heights, where air purifiers and other resources are being distributed.
Meanwhile, AltaMed opened a free mobile health clinic at the Lou Costello Jr. Recreation Center on Wednesday. The mobile clinic will be open again Thursday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Residents can walk in for breathing assessments, oxygen level checks, evaluations for eye and skin irritation, and mental health support. No appointment is required.
Lineage has previously said it is cooperating with the investigation and has already provided millions of dollars in community support. The company now has less than 48 hours to respond to the Board of Supervisors’ latest requests.
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