Los Angeles firefighters are on their sixth day of battling a fire at a massive warehouse near downtown that stores frozen food.Smoke has billowed from the warehouse, which was covered in solar panels and insulated like a freezer, filling the air surrounding the roughly 500,000-square-foot (46,451-square-meter) facility.The blaze that broke out Wednesday has been especially challenging for firefighters due to the nature of the facility operated by Michigan-based Lineage in the Boyle Heights neighborhood east of downtown. Firefighters haven’t been able to enter the building and are instead fighting the blaze from outside.Authorities said a large warehouse fire can typically be put out in a day, but in a cold storage facility, it can take weeks. Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Jaime Moore said there are about 85 million pounds (38.6 million kilograms) of frozen food stored inside.Here’s what to know:
What caused the fire?The cause of the fire has not been determined, Lineage said in a statement on its website.The company, which provides temperature-controlled warehouse space to food and beverage makers, believes the fire began when subcontractors were working on solar panels on the roof, the statement said. Lineage is working with fire officials investigating the blaze, the statement said.
