To the editor: It’s scary that the Los Angeles Hearth Division is clearly not absolutely able to controlling “complicated” fires, particularly since there are such a lot of industrial amenities all through our metropolis (“It’s been six days. Why can’t L.A. firefighters put out blaze at Boyle Heights cold storage facility?” June 22). In the meantime, house insurance coverage is tough to amass right here simply due to our pure hearth threat.
Why does town enable buildings that aren’t adequately fire-protected? Shouldn’t the allowing course of be sure that a construction has a plan and system for such emergencies? Who pays for all this ineffective firefighting, the proprietor of the property or we taxpayers?
Nobody is compensating for the times misplaced and well being issues incurred from this week’s poisonous smoke. It’s all a extra severe concern with the massive new knowledge facilities exhibiting up in every single place, filled with batteries (already utilizing huge quantities of water). How ready are we to combat an inevitable hearth like that?
Michael Sandstrom, Glendale
