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Fire at Boyle Heights cold storage triggers shelter-in-place

Published 18 June 2026

A massive fire erupted at a cold storage warehouse in Boyle Heights on Wednesday afternoon, forcing firefighters to retreat from the building and prompting widespread shelter-in-place orders due to hazardous smoke and an ammonia leak. The blaze, which began shortly after 2:30 p.m.

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