It’s been six days. Why can’t L.A. firefighters put out blaze at Boyle Heights cold storage facility? ^17.7%

Los Angeles Times - By Salvador Hernandez, Alex Wigglesworth, Clara Harter - 6/22/2026, 2:22 PM

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To understand why it’s been so hard for firefighters to contain a blaze that’s been burning for six days at a Boyle Heights cold storage facility — and why it will still take days to snuff out — consider the maze-like terrain. The building, about the size of a city block, is filled with an estimated 85 million pounds of frozen food. It... more