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Over a dozen truck loads of rotting food removed from Boyle Heights
By Amber Frias and Helen Jeong at NBC Los Angeles (KNBC)
· June 30, 2026
· 2 min read
Nearly two weeks after the massive Lineage warehouse fire started in Boyle Heights, neighbors Tuesday continued to experience the fallout: many of them said that the worst part of being in their neighborhood is the smell of the rotting food left inside the building.
The new normal for those wh...
Key takeaway The new normal for those who live near the burned 500,000-square-foot cold food storage building owned by Lineage is to try to wash away the grime and keep the horrendous odor out of their homes.
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Category: safety ·
Published: June 30, 2026 ·
Source: NBC Los Angeles (KNBC) ·
Reading time: 2 min
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What is this story about? Nearly two weeks after the massive Lineage warehouse fire started in Boyle Heights, neighbors Tuesday continued to experience the fallout: many of them said that the worst part of being in their neighborhood is the smell of the rotting food left inside the building.
The new normal for those wh...
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