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Too Big to Burn: L.A. Takes Harder Look at Megawarehouses After Cold Storage Fire

The smells still coming from the husk of the Lineage Cold Storage warehouse, which caught fire in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles on June 17, defy common description. Nearly 4,000 odor complaints have been lodged with the South Coast Air Quality Management District…

The smells still coming from the husk of the Lineage Cold Storage warehouse, which caught fire in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles on June 17, defy common description. Nearly 4,000 odor complaints have been lodged with the South Coast Air Quality Management District…

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Why it matters

The fire at a large cold storage warehouse in Los Angeles and subsequent regulatory scrutiny is a localized incident with limited direct impact on credit markets or lending practices, representing routine risk management and regulatory oversight rather than a systemic or novel event.

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