LOS ANGELES (CNS) – Approximately 90% of the food waste has been removed from the fire-damaged Lineage Logistics warehouse in Boyle Heights Tuesday, the company announced.
Lineage Logistics has set a goal of completing bulk food waste removal from the site this week, according to a statement it issued Monday.
Cleanup began July 7.
“The progress made in 35 days of cleanup is nothing short of extraordinary,” Jeff Rivera, Lineage Logistics’ chief operating officer, said in a statement released Monday. “At 90% we are in the final stretch, and we will continue to tirelessly work until the job is done.”
Rivera’s statement repeated Lineage Logistics’ pledge that it will spend between $80 million and $100 million on cleanup efforts.
A South Coast Air Quality Management District hearing board on Thursday unanimously approved a modified abatement order requiring Lineage Logistics to implement additional odor-control measures during the cleanup of the warehouse.
South Coast AQMD said it has received 4,200 odor complaints, and issued 25 notices of violations to Lineage through Wednesday.
The fire broke out June 17 at the warehouse at 1400 S. Los Palos St., sending thick smoke into the air and prompting officials to warn nearby residents to remain indoors. The city, county and state issued local emergency declarations in the days that followed. It took more than a week to fully douse the fire.
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