Los Angeles residents of Boyle Heights are still living with the aftermath of a massive June 17 warehouse fire, as the stench of rotting food and ongoing pest problems continue to disrupt the neighborhood, according to reports.Lineage Logistics, the company that runs the cold-storage facility, had not completed the food cleanup by a Friday deadline cited by Los Angeles officials — though the company disputes that the deadline had passed, FOX 11 Los Angeles reported.City officials say a 45-day timeline requiring Lineage to clear the rotting food expired Friday at 5 p.m., with the work unfinished.Lineage maintains that the 45-day period started later.MYSTERIOUS NOISE PLAGUES 3 NEIGHBORING TOWNS, LEAVING RESIDENTS EXHAUSTED AND SHAKENMayor Karen Bass said city attorneys are taking action against the company.
Air quality regulators told FOX 11 that the disputed deadline has no impact on their ability to continue enforcement.Lineage, meanwhile, said it's removed 93% of the more than 80 million pounds of spoiled food from the facility.The company has also rejected the idea that Friday marked its deadline, saying its 45-day timeline began July 7 and runs through Aug.
20, according to FOX 11.Lineage claims it is on day 37, the outlet reported.Los Angeles residents in Boyle Heights are still living with the aftermath of a massive warehouse fire, pictured above, nearly two months later.
(Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)Evan Lovett, founder of the "LA in a Minute" podcast and a Los Angeles resident, told Fox News Digital in an Aug.11 interview that, to him, the smell is still overwhelming.
"Even from the freeway, you could still smell it," Lovett said.The lingering odor is not the only problem residents have reported. An LA County Department of Public Health survey released on July 27 found that 84% of 240 responding households in the area reported an increase in pests.Among respondents, 76% reported more flies, 40% reported more mosquitoes and 35% reported more rod...