Overview
- A large fire began at the Lineage cold-storage warehouse on June 17 and has burned inside the roughly 491,000–500,000 square-foot building for more than a week.
- Fire officials said roof flames were put out by June 24 and helicopters are no longer needed, but crews continue to fight deep-seated hot spots from the outside because interior entry remains dangerous.
- Firefighters are using long-reach excavators, dozers, drones and high-volume water cannons to peel back walls and douse hidden fires while avoiding unstable pallet racking and insulated wall cavities.
- Air-quality monitors from the EPA and South Coast AQMD report improving readings without detected toxins beyond normal combustion, yet particle-pollution advisories remain and officials are distributing masks and purifiers.
- Investigators have not determined a cause and company statements conflict over rooftop solar testing, while millions of pounds of spoiling frozen food present a complex biohazard and disposal problem that will guide cleanup and cost assessments.