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Firefighters Deploy Drones to Tame Week-Old Lineage Warehouse Blaze

6/25/2026

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Firefighters Tackle Blaze

Firefighters are deploying drones and high-capacity water streams to locate hidden hot spots inside the smoldering Lineage cold-storage warehouse.
Fire Department firefighters are battling a week-old blaze at the Lineage cold-storage warehouse in Boyle Heights, which remains active.
Air-quality monitors recorded unhealthy particulate levels, prompting provision of masks and air purifiers at shelters.
Warehouse holds 85 million pounds frozen food, with Lineage attributing fire to roof-panel testing.

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Officials Declare Emergencies

Residents report persistent coughing, headaches and anxiety as dense smoke from the Boyle Heights warehouse fire infiltrates homes and schools.
Governor Gavin Newsom, Mayor Karen Bass and County Supervisor Hilda Solis declared emergencies to mobilize state and local resources.
Lineage Logistics pledged $2 million to the California Community Foundation, noting nearby restaurants see fewer customers.
South Coast Air Quality Management District extended an advisory, distributing 10,000 masks and 2,300 purifiers.

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Historical Context

In November 2018 a PG&E line failure ignited the Camp Fire, burning 153,000 acres, destroying over 18,000 structures and killing 85 people, prompting Governor Gavin Newsom and Cal Fire to allocate $2 billion. 2016 “new normal” alert and the CPUC’s 2018 fire-threat map foreshadowed the 2023 Boyle Heights blaze, prompting orders from Newsom, Mayor Karen Bass and South Coast Air Quality Management District, reflecting shift to swift response.

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Firefighters Tackle Blaze

Firefighters are deploying drones and high-capacity water streams to locate hidden hot spots inside the smoldering Lineage cold-storage warehouse.
Fire Department firefighters are battling a week-old blaze at the Lineage cold-storage warehouse in Boyle Heights, which remains active.
Air-quality monitors recorded unhealthy particulate levels, prompting provision of masks and air purifiers at shelters.
Warehouse holds 85 million pounds frozen food, with Lineage attributing fire to roof-panel testing.

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