As residents eagerly returned to the property of the fire, the authorities warned that the risk of toxic wreckage was selected, especially the danger of no protection equipment.
Dangerous items in the fire zone can include batteries, ammunition, propane, pesticide and cleaning products. These products become unsafe when exposed to heat and fire. According to experts, there can be harmful chemicals in the ashes of the burnt community.
In other words, it is not a good idea to drag the trash can to the destruction area and clean up the debris.
“The soil is seriously affected by many pollutants. The ashes include many different architectural by -products. He added that it is not safe to contact such materials without wearing personal protection equipment.
The topic of removal of fragments was controversial in the round table discussion held by President Trump and President Trump at the round table discussion on Friday. Trump went to Palisades to investigate the damage caused by a wind, which damaged 23,400 acres and destroyed at least 6,808 properties, including many houses.
The president suggested allowing residents to screen the wreckage themselves and immediately began to rebuild. The bass emphasizes that this is not safe. Discussion stimulates a debate on social media.
The U.S. Army Engineering Corps is monitoring the fragments of the fire zone, and this week, the community that was investigated on the Maliba Pacific Coast Expressway began this week. At a community meeting, Colonel Eric Swenson and the Army Legion stated that clearing the fragments may take up to 18 months to complete.
Swenson said at the Palisade conference: “We want to avoid this place to avoid all public hygiene hazards so that you can rebuild your own life and livelihood.”
He said that at least, residents should wait for the first stage of the Environmental Protection Agency to complete hazardous waste, which may take several months to this process. Pestrella said that EPA will place a sign on each batch of its cleanup and proves that the hazardous waste has been cleared.
Swensen said that since then, the authorities will need to obtain the permission of property owners in order to drag the remaining fragments. Svanson said that residents who consider signed the private property fragmentation plan of the Army Engineering Corps (the Federal Emergency Affairs Administration does not need to provide) should choose as soon as possible.
Property owners can also hire private companies to remove fragments and submit insurance claims to repay.
Svanson said: “Risk of returning to your property.” “There are nails everywhere. If you have a basement, it may be hidden. There will be burned wood, and their structural intensity is not. There is danger. If you choose to choose Back to your property and screening through the ashes, I only recommend you to be cautious.
Last week, the Ministry of Public Health of the Los Angeles County issued an order that prohibited the cleansing or clear debris in the property that caused the damage to the fire until it was checked until the harmful substance was completed.
In a leaflet posted on X on Friday, Los Angeles County warned not to handle fire fragments.
The pilot said: “Enter your own risks.” “The fragments of houses after the fire are dangerous and may include toxic substances, such as asbestos, lead, mercury, home products, and other heavy metals. Great risk “”
In another post, an informal LAFD fire brigade headed early to the combustion area and sent an alarm.
“I don’t recommend you back to these combustion areas. In the video released on Saturday X, Branden Silverman.” I have seen the cleaning toolkit, including residents in some locations provided to the residents provided to some locations provided to the residents of some locations to the residents provided to some locations to the residents provided to some locations provided to the residents of some locations to the provided by the residents of some locations to the residents provided to some locations to the residents provided to the residents provided to some locations to the residents provided to the residents provided to some locations to the residents provided to some locations provided to the residents of some locations to the provided by the residents of some locations to the provided to the residents of some locations. Resident cleaning kit. Although I am sure that this is the best intention, unless you use appropriate protection equipment and technology, you will make yourself dangerous through your own cleaning property. “
After the fatal camp in 2018, some residents spent nearly a month before they could return to the fire houses.
At the round table meeting on Friday, Bestes promised to “reduce the red text TAPE Festival” to promote the rapid and streamlined reconstruction process. However, she and other cities and county officials asked the public to be patient, because the staff completed the necessary work so that residents could return safely.
Bath said: “First of all, we must take care of … get rid of dangerous waste and clean up things so that people can start immediately.”
Trump criticized the 18 -month schedule, saying that residents should be able to remove debris immediately from their property.
“They want to start now. They want to start deleting things. They are not allowed to do so now,” Trump said. “You mentioned hazardous waste. What is hazardous waste? You will have to define this. Do we have to solve a series of problems to determine what is hazardous waste?”
“No, no, no, no, no,” Bath said.
“I just think you must allow people to enter the scene and start the process tonight.”
Bath said late at the meeting that residents are likely to return within a week.
She said: “The most important thing is to make people safe.”
Times worker David Zahniser, Karen Garcia and Hannah Fry contributed to this report.
