Tonnes of rotting food from vast LA warehouse fire creates unbearable stench

What happened

A fire destroyed a warehouse, leaving heaps of rotting chicken, poultry and fish to attract flies and rats

What shifts

For those following tonnes, rotting, food, vast, warehouse, this report from BBC introduces a variable that could shift existing calculations.

The wider picture

Earlier reporting from BBC and comparable outlets sketched the conditions that would eventually produce an event like this.

Where this fits in Signal Ledger

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The editorial line

Signal Ledger reads this through the lens of tonnes, rotting, food, vast, warehouse: A fire destroyed a warehouse, leaving heaps of rotting chicken, poultry and fish to attract flies and rats.