An unbearable rotting stench is plaguing an LA neighbourhood
On any typical day, Alexis Sicairos and his girlfriend have a line of patrons waiting to order a banana buzz latte or a cloud matcha at their Los Angeles coffee stand. But now, the street corner where they sit is largely empty.
In an LA neighborhood, an unbearable rotting stench has been plaguing residents for nearly two months. The source of the foul odor is a cold-storage warehouse that caught fire on June 17, destroying about 85 million pounds (39 million kilograms) of food, including beef, pork, poultry, and seafood. Lineage, the company that operated the warehouse, has been working on cleaning up the site, but residents claim the process has been far too slow.
The stench has driven away customers from nearby businesses, including a coffee stand run by Alexis Sicairos and his girlfriend. The flies and rats attracted by the rotting food have also put residents on edge. City officials have issued public health violations, and the LA mayor, Karen Bass, has directed city departments to work closely with local, state, federal, nonprofit, and community partners to speed up the cleanup process.
Lineage has until August 13 to complete the cleanup, with the company estimating it will cost between $80 million and $100 million.
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