In the small garden of Mrs. Teresa Pedroza's property are plenty of traps for hundreds, perhaps thousands of flies that breed and cause contempt in addition to the smell and muck that still emanate from the Lineage winery.

The person who is originally from Zacatecas, Mexico, said," They say they are cleaning the building, but in the meantime we continue to endure this condition. " She lives a few feet from the tower that caught flames on June 17 on La Puerta Street.

" Appearance. There are literally thousands of mosquitoes consuming the fig trees. He yelled. " Appearance. These different baits contain more flies than these! Have you encountered the eggs"?

The Pedroza mom's issue gets worse every day because no one responds to who is in charge of finding a solution: Hilda Sols, the county health department, or Lineage.

The company is cleaning the building, but not the houses. Teresa lives in a zip code in the county, and although she has received masks and air purifiers from Supervisor Solis' office, living in the disaster zone has caused her anxiety.

“What we live through every day is a nightmare,” said Pedroza. “In a meeting with Karen Bass, my husband (Víctor Verde) approached her to ask for information about where they could give her some drops for eye irritation.”

Victor was sent to a mobile health clinic, but was met with a vital signs analysis. Nothing else. “They told him that, since there was no doctor, they couldn't help him,” the woman explained. “We are disappointed.”

Teresa Pedroza suffers from lupus and, due to having to breathe in the nauseating odors, has had to use a nebulizer. She is the most vulnerable in the family.

“My illness is chronic and to that we must add the filth of the flies,” he said. “How long are they going to fix the problem?”

Allegedly, after the fire, Lineage created a cleanup response map that included six streets west of Indiana Street and three streets east of Los Angeles, leaving hundreds of residents unattended.

“They are going to create a new map to divide the care response into three zones,” said a La Opinión source who asked not to be identified.

First lawsuit against Lineage

Eric Lara, a cancer patient, is the first Boyle Heights resident to file a lawsuit against Lineage Logistics Inc., the company that owned the burned-out Boyle Heights property.

The lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court last Thursday. In it, attorneys Caleb Marker and Nare Kupelian, from the firm Zimmerman Reed LLP, allege negligence, civil liability of the property owner, public nuisance, trespass on property, strict liability and unlawful business practices.

Eric Lara's attorneys are seeking unspecified compensatory and punitive damages.

Lara, who lives a mile and a half away from the corner of Indiana Street and Union Pacific Avenue, has allegedly spent large sums of money on air purifiers and utilities in the wake of the fire at the company's cold storage warehouse.

The fire that occurred at 1400 S. Los Palos St. caused the emission of a large cloud of dense smoke that contaminated the air in several cities east of Los Angeles, forcing authorities to warn area residents to stay in their homes.

In fact, the city, county and state issued local emergency declarations in the days that followed.

The conflagration took a week to be contained by numerous Southern California fire crews. However, after the fire was extinguished, the unpleasant smell from the decomposition of thousands of tons of meat and other food increased the public health crisis.

While the cause of the fire remains under investigation, the company has stated that it likely originated when a subcontractor for Altus Power – the company that owns the rooftop solar panel installation – was conducting tests on the system. Altus Power has stated that the cause has not yet been determined.

In his lawsuit, Eric Lara has also involved Altus Power and other companies. Representatives for Lineage and Altus Power did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the lawsuit. Lara says he observed smoke and ash both inside and outside his home, as well as on his car. He supposedly has to go out daily for treatment.

The complaint adds that the environmental conditions continue to make it difficult for Lara to leave her home without suffering discomfort, in addition to the fact that she continues to incur expenses such as the purchase of several air purifiers, the increase in utility bills due to the constant use of air conditioning and purifiers to maintain breathable air inside.

Rebecca Liu Morales, a spokeswoman for Lineage, said: “We have no comment on the lawsuit.”

“A fucking air purifier”

Another resident who lives on the corner of Alma Avenue and Union Pacific, who preferred to remain anonymous, told La Opinión that his lawyer is pending to file a lawsuit similar to that of Eric Lara.

“All of the affected neighbors have joined together and each one is consulting their own lawyers to sue Lineage,” he reported.

The man, originally from the Mexican state of Veracruz and who is dedicated to modifying cars, announced that since the fire happened he has not had a stable job.

"The truth is, the authorities here haven't done a damn thing (anything). That's the clear (truth)," he said. “That's why we decided to come together to take legal action,” he said.

Abandoned in front of the three-bedroom house where he lives and pays $3,500 in rent are a bicycle and toys belonging to his children, who have not been able to go out to play in more than a month.

“Imagine how much money I have lost; quietly, every week I made between $1,500 and $2,000,” the man shared.

“Those who live on Indiana Street and Union Pacific Avenue to the west received all kinds of help and food from the city, but to us, who live on the county side, they only gave us a box of masks and a fucking air purifier,” added the frustrated resident.

Lineage assures that it has complied

Rebecca Liu Morales, spokesperson for Lineage Logistics, Inc., informed La Opinión that the logistics and temperature-controlled food storage company presented its official response to authorities from the South Coast Air Quality Management District (South Coast AQMD) on July 21 regarding odor mitigation measures, complying with the deadline established by said agency.

“Most of the measures proposed by the AQMD had already been implemented or are in the process of being implemented,” he said in a statement. “Lineage is in active discussions with AQMD to implement all reasonable and effective mitigation measures throughout the cleanup process.”

Lineage said it continues to explore ways to provide immediate assistance to the community affected by the Boyle Heights fire while laying the foundation for a strong recovery.

“Our top priority is the ongoing cleanup efforts, including removing all food debris from the community as quickly and safely as possible,” he emphasized.

Lineage's odor control measures include:• The building is surrounded by odor control spray systems.• Lineage applies odor neutralizers to waste several times a day.• The building is covered (wrapped) where possible to contain odors.• Carbon filters have been installed in parts of the building to mitigate emissions, and additional units are planned for installation.• Daily washing of runoff and loading areas, as well as emptying and washing of drains used to collect such runoff.• Food waste is transported in airtight containers that meet federal requirements.• Truck tires are washed before leaving the facility.

The response addressed to the AQMD

"We are working tirelessly on odor control, pest control and food waste removal - we will not stop until the site is clean and the community can move on. Cleaning up a site with such a large amount of food waste is a huge task and we understand that regulators are closely monitoring the process - we would expect nothing less."

"As more debris is removed and our cleanup efforts progress, we expect conditions to continue to improve. In the interest of complete transparency, we are sharing the response we sent last week to public health officials. We are acting as quickly and safely as possible, doing everything we can for this community until the cleanup is complete."

“In response to feedback from families living nearby, Lineage has also distributed approximately 350 fly traps to community members and will provide more traps through its ongoing neighborhood outreach efforts,” the company said.

“As we move forward, we will continue to monitor conditions, listen to our neighbors' concerns, and adjust our pest control measures as cleanup efforts progress.”

Lineage confirmed that almost half of all decomposing food waste was removed from the warehouse over the weekend.

The Lineage spokeswoman added that while the fire was still active, the company donated $2 million to the California Community Foundation, funds that were later distributed to more than 20 organizations providing additional support, and that during those initial weeks, a Lineage team directly distributed another 7,000 meals through the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank, more than 3,500 meals through food trucks and more than 7,000 boxes of water, in addition to financing food transportation costs for 4 local food banks.

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