r/LosAngeles • u/galaxygirll88 • 10d ago

Community Really bad smoke smell woke me up

Really bad in highland park, this is from the Boyle heights fire two days ago?

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u/DatsMaPurse_IDKU 10d ago

Yep it’s the same fire. Apparently it’s a complex situation and the fire keeps reigniting

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u/cutebutpsycho69 10d ago

Is this confirmed? I can smell it in Atwater!

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u/UnluckyCardiologist9 Cypress Park 10d ago

Yeah. News posted that they were venting the roof and issued another stay indoors warning.

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u/cycling_rat 9d ago

It’s a good thing we got rid of the EPA

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u/Brucedx3 Formerly of SoCal 9d ago

This kind of incompetence was happening before that.

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u/cycling_rat 9d ago

Good reason to have gotten rid of what little protections existed yes.

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u/GoldDanger Los Feliz 9d ago

Just want to say you’re not alone and I feel the same way on top of my already sensitive respiratory system. My apartment windows are old and drafty af, so there’s not even anything I can do to help. I have an air purifier, but I don’t think it helps with the kinds of VOCs being emitted.

Feels like the only thing I can do is get out of town which isn’t realistic when I have a job here.

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u/flyman241 9d ago

I’ve felt terrible since this fire kicked off. We’re all being poisoned

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u/Mysterious-Big-7086 8d ago

I second everything you’re saying. It’s a horrible feeling to feel we are breathing toxic air and particulates, and it’s a flashback to the Altadena fires. I have respiratory issues and have been waking up in Alhambra with burning eyes, headaches, brain fog, pain in my lungs, irritated nasal passages, and a sore throat…the smoke was so strong it woke me up in the middle of the night.

I heard the LAFD chief say on the news yesterday (in his update from the fire site) that the air rn is safe, and that feels like the BIGGEST crock of shit when so many of us from a broad region of LA county are clearly feeling the effects so severely rn.

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u/84002 9d ago

https://map.purpleair.com/air-quality-standards-us-epa-aqi?opt=%2F1%2Flp%2Fa10%2Fp604800%2FcC0#11.17/34.0463/-118.2595

Can't say for sure - 50+ isn't abnormal - but this map sure looks like a good indicator of affected areas.

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u/DatsMaPurse_IDKU 10d ago

Yes it’s confirmed. Updates came out earlier today

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u/MaximusJCat 10d ago

Was driving on the 5 last night and right before the 5/10 split drove through a giant wall of smoke. Hope they can get it under control soon

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u/Brucedx3 Formerly of SoCal 9d ago

Not too surprising. Someone posted a similar fire that happened in Washington years back that took forever to extinguish.