An unbearable rotting stench is plaguing an LA neighbourhood - BBC News

Heaps of rotting meat have been festering in the summer sun after a fire ripped through a huge food warehouse.

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Watch: "Smells really bad" - Residents endure rotting food stench after warehouse fire

On any typical day, Alexis Sicairos and his girlfriend have a line of patrons waiting to order a banana buzz latte or a cloud matcha at their Los Angeles coffee stand. But now, the street corner where they sit is largely empty.

The reason is clear the second you walk into the neighbourhood: it stinks.

On 17 June, a fire destroyed a large cold-storage warehouse in the area, leaving behind some 85 million lb (39 million kg) of rotting food, including beef, pork, poultry and seafood.