Warehouse Fire Left Boyle Heights Residents Breathing Smoke and Losing Income

A warehouse fire in Boyle Heights burned for days starting June 17, forcing residents to stay indoors. The working-class, Latino neighborhood was blanketed in thick black smoke. Day laborers and informal workers suffered most—unable to work meant no pay. Health and air quality data from the fire remain unpublished, leaving questions unanswered about what people actually breathed in.