The governor said California has been in litigation with Apex Development, Inc., the owner of the business leasing the storage property where the fire started. The department said it immediately changed storage practices. After a 2017 fire collapsed a section of I-85 in Atlanta, the National Transportation Safety Board criticized the Georgia Department of Transportation’s decision to store construction materials beneath the bridge without assessing the fire risk.

The danger of storing flammable materials under elevated interstates has drawn the scrutiny of federal investigators in the past. Newsom said the practice would be reevaluated following the fire. Storage yards under highways are common statewide, with the money from the leases going to public transit. He had no information on a suspect and said investigators are talking to witnesses, including homeless people and nearby business owners. California Fire Marshal Daniel Berlant said investigators have identified where the fire started and what caused it after sorting through the rubble for evidence, but did not specify what they found.

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