Residents in Boyle Heights say their neighbourhood now smells 'like a dead body' after 85 million pounds of meat were left to rot inside a fire‑damaged cold‑storage warehouse, triggering what officials describe as a major biohazard cleanup.
The blaze at the Lineage facility, which began on 17 June 2026, burned for more than a week before firefighters declared knockdown on 25 June. The cause of the fire has not been officially confirmed, although the leading theory points to rooftop solar‑panel testing.
