SAN PEDRO, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- There is new criticism over the handling of a massive cargo ship fire in the Port of Los Angeles last week. It took nearly six hours for emergency alerts to go out, ordering residents nearby to stay inside and close all windows and doors.

Now, there are a lot of questions about the delayed response.

Those living near the Port of L.A. are commending how frontline firefighters worked the blaze on the cargo ship that erupted on Friday night, but L.A. County Supervisor Janice Hahn says it's "unacceptable" how the Los Angeles Fire Department alerted the public to potentially hazardous smoke.

"I was really shocked that they didn't get this right," Hahn told ABC7 On Your Side Investigates.

Many of her constituents are upset, too.

"There was a delay, and it

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