BOYLE HEIGHTS, California (KCAL, KCBS) — After a Boyle Heights warehouse fire wreaked havoc on neighbors near and far last week, those living near the site say it’s not just the overpowering smell of rotting food they are dealing with now; there are also rodents and health concerns.
As crews continue hauling away millions of pounds of spoiled food from the nearly 500,000-square-foot warehouse, community members say they’re trying to hold on to a sense of normalcy while living beside an ongoing cleanup, and that the need for relief brought people together on Tuesday.
“We have seen like a lot of rats, literally coming out of the sewers, out of the drainage. You go drive by and there’s literally rats on the street that are run over,” Boyle Heights resident Cecilia Cruz said…