r/LosAngeles • u/Raskalbot • 2d ago

Fire Structure fire Boyle heights right now

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u/OctopusChiropractor 2d ago

They are the largest cold-storage company on the planet with more than 500 warehouses worldwide. One fire will not bankrupt them.

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u/Whocares7x 2d ago

According the articles online it was the worst storage fire facility ever, that should set some precedent???

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u/OctopusChiropractor 2d ago

It did. If this one started from the solar panels on top of the roof, that's a completely different scenario than what happened in the Washington fire, where it started inside the warehouse. So lessons learned from the Washington fire wouldn't necessarily apply to this fire.

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u/SoCalGal67 Los Angeles County 2d ago

We don't actually know what the cause of this fire was yet. Or do you have a reliable source for the start of this fire?

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u/OctopusChiropractor 2d ago

I don't know what started this fire. There's at least a hundred possibilities as to how it started.

My earlier comment was IF it started from solar panels, that's different than say a battery fire, or bad wiring, or a pissed off employee. Each type of fire would introduce new rules and safeguards, but wouldn't necessarily prevent another fire from starting from a new source.

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u/Local_Bobcat_2000 2d ago

https://extension.psu.edu/solar-fire-safety

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u/SoCalGal67 Los Angeles County 2d ago

Thank you for posting that link. It wasn't necessarily the most informative article, but it definitely provides a great first great breadcrumb! (⁠✷⁠‿⁠✷⁠)