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Lineage says it's cleaned 'nearly half' of food waste in Boyle Heights warehouse
Remediation work continues at Lineage Logistics, where residents and nearby businesses have had to deal with odor complaints as rotten food remains inside the ruined cold-storage Lineage Logistics warehouse in Boyle Heights nearly one month after the fire.
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Lineage Logistics, the company that operates the burned cold-storage warehouse in Boyle Heights, announced yesterday it's removed “nearly half” of the food waste there.
The waste, the company said, has been sealed in deodorized containers and is being transported off-site.
Lineage estimated that demolition and cleanup of the rest of the burned structure should be largely completed in the “coming days.”
Before the weeklong fire that began on June 17, the warehouse stored approximately 44,000 tons, or 88 million pounds, of food.
The company said it has started removing the wall separating the burned and unburned sections of the building this weekend to speed up the cleaning of the unburned structure.
The process includes installing plastic sheeting where the wall used to be to help tamp down odors
That part could take up to three days and may temporarily increase odors. To mitigate the smell, the company said three carbon filters will be added on the Union Pacific side of the warehouse.
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The company is trying to meet a 45-day deadline set by L.A. Mayor Karen Bass to complete the cleanup. Lineage has faced citations and warnings from L.A. County and the South Coast Air Quality Management District for "an ongoing odor nuisance" and “unsanitary and nuisance conditions.”
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