Industrial Fire Consumes Storage Yard in Rosemead

Published on July 25, 2024

ROSEMEAD, Calif.—Flames consumed an industrial storage yard in Rosemead July 24, with plastics and other materials generating raging flames that sent a massive plume of black smoke into the air, but no injuries were immediately reported. The fire was reported shortly before 3 p.m. in the 2600 block of River Avenue, west of Rosemead Boulevard, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. The fire burned in what appeared to be an outdoor storage yard. The raging flames and thick smoke forced responding crews in defensive mode, pouring water on the conflagration from the exterior and working to prevent the fire from spreading to neighboring structures. The resulting thick smoke wafted into the air to the northeast, across Rosemead Boulevard, and toward the San Bernardino (10) Freeway. Both roadways remained open during the firefight....

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