Lineage Roof Fire Triggers 70 Evacuations as Ammonia Leak Is Contained in Boyle Heights
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Updated · NBC Los Angeles · Jun 18
Lineage Roof Fire Triggers 70 Evacuations as Ammonia Leak Is Contained in Boyle Heights
3 articles · Updated · NBC Los Angeles · Jun 18
Summary
About 70 people were evacuated from two streets after a roof fire broke out around 2:30 p.m. at Lineage’s nearly 480,000-square-foot cold storage facility in Boyle Heights.
The blaze spread through a rooftop solar panel field and reached an ammonia line, prompting a shelter-in-place order; firefighters contained the leak by shutting valves, and smoke and runoff tests showed normal levels.
More than 130 LAFD firefighters, aided by three water-dropping helicopters, kept the fire largely confined to the roof as thick black smoke drifted over neighborhoods east of downtown Los Angeles.
LAPD issued a citywide tactical alert to support road closures, traffic control and evacuations, while officials said the shelter zone was not expected to expand and no injuries were immediately reported.
The cause was not yet known, and the incident echoed an August 2024 solar-panel fire on the same building that firefighters extinguished in 48 minutes.