Guards hired by California keep eye on sites deemed risky under Los Angeles freeway damaged by fire
By CHRISTOPHER WEBER, JULIE WATSON and KAVISH HARJAI, Associated Press
Published: January 6, 2024, 6:02am
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Since an arson fire at a storage yard damaged a key Los Angeles freeway, security guards hired by the state have been keeping watch for smoke and other trouble at three additional sites beneath Interstate 10 that were leased to the same bankrupt businessman.
Associated Press journalists visited the properties and saw wooden pallets and other hazardous and flammable material much like what fed the Nov.
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