Simi Valley residents erupt as rotting Boyle Heights warehouse fire food is dumped nearby

Residents of a California community are raising a stink over truckloads of rotting food being dumped at a nearby landfill after a massive warehouse fire left millions of pounds of meat and produce spoiling.People in Simi Valley’s Big Sky neighborhood say a foul odor has lingered for weeks as spoiled food from the fire-ravaged Lineage Logistics facility in Los Angeles’ Boyle Heights was hauled to the area for disposal, according to ABC7.Residents said the stench is especially noticeable when afternoon sundowner winds sweep through the neighborhood, while some have also reported an increase in flies.“It’s really bad.I smell like a fish or something dead … It’s at a point that we are even thinking, like, should we live here?” Big Sky resident Pradepa Nachimuthu told the outlet.

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By clicking above you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.Never miss a story Residents began lodging complaints with the Ventura County Air Pollution Control District in recent days, prompting the agency to issue a notice of violation requiring the landfill to address the problem.

The district said it is continuing to monitor conditions and respond to additional complaints.Meanwhile, the general manager of the Big Sky homeowners association said Friday that residents contacted him about the odor and were directed to the air pollution agency.The spoiled food originated roughly 50 miles away at Lineage’s six-story cold-storage warehouse in Boyle Heights, where a massive fire broke out June 17 and destroyed refrigeration.Lineage was holding an estimated 85 million pounds of beef, chicken, seafood and other food when the blaze erupted and burned for more than a week, according to the Daily Mail.Hundreds of workers and contractors have been involved in the sprawling cleanup, which Lineage has estimated will ...