LA suffocates under toxic smoke as massive warehouse fire rages as Spencer Pratt points finger at Karen Bass
Emergency services are in a race against time to stop a potential biohazard fallout from a huge Los Angeles warehouse fire that’s been burning now for five days, with the building threatening to collapse.Mayor Karen Bass said Sunday air filters and masks will be provided to Boyle Heights residents.The City has also opened up voluntary shelters to provide relief. The toxic fumes from the inferno saw Gavin Newsom declare a state of emergence for the fire, with the South Coast Air Quality Management District warning about the dangers of particle pollution.
“We will get through this, and we will always stand with the Boyle Heights community,” she said Firefighters have been battling the inferno at Lineage Logistics’ 500,000-square-foot facility in Boyle Heights since Wednesday, drenching it with water that has slowly eroded the building’s structural integrity.Inside, 85 million pounds of frozen bread and meat products have been decaying.Meanwhile, Spencer Pratt chastised Mayor Bass Sunday for her handling of the fire that, claiming she was “sipping cocktails in Chicago” when the flames erupted. She had been in Chicago to attend the opening of Barack Obama’s presidential library.“I warned you all…what happened to us will happen to all of LA,” Pratt said, referring to Bass’ handling of the Palisades Fire.
“That smoke choking out LA is full of lead.Don’t breathe it!”The continuous trail of smoke that’s spread beyond Los Angeles County and into the San Gabriel Valley and northwest San Bernardino Valley –and across Dodgers Stadium.“It’s a little dark out there, little Gotham City when I was driving up,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts told the Los Angeles Times. While the Los Angeles Fire Department said air quality testing revealed no additional toxic chemicals or hazards within the smoke, health officials encouraged residents to stay indoors and experts warned that it is hard to know for certain what is actually mixed in. “Mu...