According to the latest local media reports on June 25, a cold chain warehouse fire covering an area of about 46,000 square meters in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, USA, has been extinguished.
The fire broke out at about 2:30 p.m. local time on June 17 and was fully controlled at about 6 p.m. on June 24. At that time, the fire had been burning for 7 days , and there were no casualties at present. On June 18,
local time, US media reported that a fire broke out in a large warehouse near downtown Los Angeles on the afternoon of June 17, with smoke billowing all over the sky, threatening toxic and harmful gases, and the local authorities immediately issued shelter-in-place instructions.
Live footage showed that some of the photovoltaic panels installed on the roof of the warehouse had been engulfed by the fire. According to the
data, the warehouse on fire covers an area of about 500000 square feet (about 46500 square meters) and is leased and operated by Lineage Logistics, the world's largest temperature-controlled warehouse operator, with a reserve of about 85 million pounds (about 38.5554 million kg) of frozen food.
As the fire continues to burn, these frozen foods are facing problems such as decay and deterioration.
As to why the fire lasted so long, a spokesman for the Los Angeles Fire Department said that fires in cold storage buildings often continue to burn for weeks. The ceilings, roofs and walls of such buildings are treated with high-strength thermal insulation, which makes it difficult to extinguish the fire. According to
the latest reports, Lineage said in a statement that the fire occurred during the inspection of solar panels by Altus Power, a rooftop photovoltaic contractor . Altus Power responded later, disputing that conclusion . The
fire department is still investigating the cause of the fire.
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