Jill Replogle covers Orange County.
Based on city records, LAist has created the first publicly available map showing where possible fire ash and debris was reported across Orange County. Some accounts came as far as 10 miles from the epicenter at a WWII hangar.
In all, the records show people reported ash and debris from the fire as far as 10 miles from the hangar, although the vast majority of reports were within three miles.This is the first publicly available map showing the spread of where fire debris was reported across the county, based on public records. The fire, which started on Nov. 7 and lasted for 24 days, torched one of the largest wooden structures ever built — 17 stories high and covering an area larger than five football fields.
Hundreds of workers have spent months combing the surrounding neighborhoods in hazmat suits, searching through bushes for chunks of charred, fibrous debris , vacuuming ash off patios, and in some cases, hauling away soot-covered lawn furniture and cushions, which can't be fully cleaned of asbestos. Because of this, it's unclear exactly how far away from the fire asbestos-containing debris was confirmed. But documents obtained by LAist from the Orange County Fire Authority show that debris containing asbestos was confirmed at least three miles northeast of the hangar, likely carried by Santa Ana winds thatThe Orange County Fire Authority was alerted in the early hours of Nov. 7 to a fire at one of twothat housed blimps used to patrol for enemy submarines off the U.S.
"Our front patio, balcony above the garage, window sills inside and out, windows our air and HVAC ducts, on our driveway, our garage door, garage floor and exterior doors," one resident reported to the city on Nov. 17, documenting where they had found fire remnants. There was"no real definitive date or time from like a scheduling or RSVP perspective," Jeff Lawrence, a Columbus Square resident, told LAist in December.
Lawrence, in a recent email to LAist, wrote of the repeat cleanups:"It’s literally a joke. Instead of doing it right the first time they properly wasted millions of dollars doing it the wrong way." The city's asbestos contractors also generally did not test fire debris on private property for asbestos, despite residents' expectations that they would.— about the cleanup process explained to residents that an asbestos specialist would visit their home, collect samples of debris for testing, and then advise them whether or not the debris had asbestos. If so, a cleanup crew would be dispatched back to the home.
Najera told LAist in an email that the city's contracted asbestos specialists and remediation teams responded to all reports of debris. She said"the cleanup methodology and documentation protocols were approved by the federal EPA, state Department of Toxic Substances Control, the South Coast Air Quality District, and the Orange County Health Care Agency.
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