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Newsom orders help for Boyle Heights

Newsom orders state agencies to help Boyle Heights as warehouse smoke keeps residents and firefighters at safety risk

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Gov. Gavin Newsom directed state agencies to help Los Angeles fight a stubborn Boyle Heights cold-storage warehouse fire as smoke kept spreading and crews worked around access, insulation, and refrigeration hazards.

  1. Frame 1Newsom orders state agencies to help Boyle Heights as warehouse smoke keeps residents and firefighters at safety risk.
  2. Frame 2Mayor Karen Bass had declared a city emergency, giving local crews more support for the stubborn response.
  3. Frame 3The 500,000-square-foot Lineage Big Bear facility stores frozen food behind steel walls packed with foam insulation.
  4. Frame 4Firefighters removed part of an exterior wall overnight so water could reach areas crews could not access.
  5. Frame 5By Sunday afternoon, LAFD said crews had confined the fire to one side of the building.
  6. Frame 6Crews still have to stop smoke and lingering hazards while emergency support carries into recovery.
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Jun 21, 5:15 PM EDT
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