Boyle Heights Fire Burns 5th Day as Smoke Advisory Extends to Monday
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Updated · Los Angeles Times · Jun 21
Boyle Heights Fire Burns 5th Day as Smoke Advisory Extends to Monday
3 articles · Updated · Los Angeles Times · Jun 21
Summary
LAFD said it made significant progress Sunday against the Boyle Heights warehouse fire, but full containment was still unclear as the blaze entered a fifth straight day.
Erratic weekend winds pushed smoke from Boyle Heights across downtown Los Angeles, the Eastside and beyond, prompting the South Coast Air Quality Management District to extend a particle pollution advisory through Monday afternoon.
2 blocks from the warehouse, Ashley Campos said her family left home because her mother has asthma and smoke was seeping indoors; they struggled to find an affordable air purifier.
A block from Walt Disney Concert Hall, one resident shut his windows and sought filtered air elsewhere, while an East L.A. cafe manager said smoke smelling of chemicals and plastic was hurting business and making it hard to breathe.