Los Angeles under state of emergency due to warehouse fire (opens in new tab)

"This is a major, multi-jurisdictional incident," Karen Bass, mayor of the second-largest US city, said in a statement. The declaration will "ensure the city has the resources it needs." The fire broke out Wednesday afternoon in a 500,000-square-foot (46,400-square-meter) frozen food warehouse, where burning foam insulation, suspected ammonia leakage and melting solar panels have complicated the firefight, officials said. "The smell of smoke has reached most of the city, and we encourage ever...