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Too Big to Burn: L.A. Takes Harder Look at Megawarehouses After Cold Storage Fire
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Commercial Observer
The smells still coming from the husk of the Lineage Cold Storage warehouse, which caught fire in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles on June 17, defy common description.
Councilmember Ysabel Jurado has advocated for a suite of environmental justice ordinances in wake of the fire, including an ordinance that would prohibit locating new cold storage warehouses anywhere near school, daycares and other sensitive sites.
Community backlash has been heating up in recent months beyond just Lineage, or asset groups limited to cold storage.
A number of high-profile incidents, both in Southern California and across the nation, have galvanized attention around warehouse safety.
Cold storage sites such as Lineage are built with excessively strong walls and dividers, in part to insulate food at very low temperatures and increase energy efficiency.