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Karen Bass: “We're not concerned in terms of the fire spreading or anything like that. But we are concerned about the biohazard…”

On the recordJune 21, 2026
We're not concerned in terms of the fire spreading or anything like that. But we are concerned about the biohazard smoke. No smoke is good, but especially the smoke that could be toxic because of the chemicals that were needed to keep the food frozen in the facility.
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Karen Bass
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Discussing concerns about smoke from the warehouse fire.

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