industrial area
Example Sentences
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“This is an industrial area, and there’s plenty of stuff around to catch fire,” he said, sidestepping a dribble of oily water.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026
Video footage of the plane’s takeoff showed the General Electric engine aflame before the jet crashed in an industrial area just beyond the runway at Louisville’s Muhammad Ali International Airport.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025
"Falling debris caused a fire in an industrial area in the Krasnoarmeysky district," he wrote, adding that fire services had extinguished the blaze.
From Barron's • Nov. 6, 2025
In an industrial area east of downtown Los Angeles that is home to several warehouses, the lifetime cancer risk from air pollution is 80 times higher, most of it stemming from formaldehyde.
From Salon • Dec. 9, 2024
Unfortunately, when we finally got off the train we found ourselves at the end of the line, in an industrial area with nothing but warehouses and railway tracks.
From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan
