Cleanup of rotting meat, scorched debris begins at Boyle Heights cold-storage warehouse
Key takeaways
- The smells that have wafted through the neighborhood since June 17 — fire smoke and rotting meat — were much lighter than previous days.
- “The business owner, the tenants, the restoration company that they have on contract, they are the ones handling the cleanup at this point,” said Branden Silverman, captain of the Los Angeles Fire Department.
- Lineage, in a statement, said it had already hired contractors to begin the work.
Fire debris is piled up along Union Pacific Avenue outside of Lineage storage facility in Boyle Heights on Thursday. (Christina House/Los Angeles Times) By Jazmin Alvarado and Salvador Hernandez June 26, 2026 11:54 AM PT 4 min Click here to listen to this article Share via Close extra sharing options Email Facebook X Linked In Threads Reddit Whats App Copy Link URL Copied! Print 0:00 0:00 1x This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here.
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Idling trucks, sandbag piles, and large metal trailers stationed around a massive cold storage facility that burned for days in Boyle Heights signaled that the work to clean up millions of pounds of spoiled food and burned debris had begun Friday morning.