Lineage fined for flies, smell and 'unsanitary' conditions after Boyle Heights warehouse fire

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Set us as preferred The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has fined Lineage Logistics for what it called “unsanitary and nuisance” conditions at the company’s fire-damaged Boyle Heights warehouse, where residents have for weeks faced rats, swarms of flies and the smell of rotting food.The agency, which issued its first citation Thursday, is requiring that the company remove the approximately 85 million pounds of food rotting inside the warehouse, eliminate all fly breeding sources, clean affected areas, implement vector-control measures and take action to stop flies from moving into nearby neighborhoods.The citation fined Lineage the maximum $500, according to a statement from the public health department.

Fines will be issued per day until the violations are fixed, and additional penalties could be added if the company doesn’t come into compliance.Lineage officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment Friday.California Residents describe the conditions they’ve been living in nearly a month after a fire damaged a cold storage food warehouse in Boyle Heights.The L.A.

County public health department issued the fines following an initial inspection of the facility July 15 and a follow-up a week later, officials said in a statement.During the second inspection, inspectors found decaying organic waste, wastewater, food residue, unsanitary conditions that allowed the breeding of flies, as well as live and dead flies along the northern perimeter of the warehouse.Fly larvae were also seen on exterior plastic sheeting and the sidewalk on the north side of the damaged building.

Inspectors are monitoring corrective actions and conducting regular inspections for compliance, according to the public health department.The fines come a month after firefighters declared an official knockdown of the stu...