LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Fire Department waited nearly six hours after responding to a massive hazardous materials fire at the Port of L.A. on Friday to order residents to “get inside IMMEDIATELY and close all windows and doors” due to potential toxic smoke.
The department’s shelter-in-place order for areas of San Pedro and Wilmington was then lifted at 6:30 a.m. Saturday as fire crews gained the upper hand on the stubborn blaze aboard cargo ship One Henry Hudson.
However, it wasn’t until 8:58 p.m. Sunday – more than 38 hours after the order expired – that many residents received a series of alerts informing them the order had been lifted…