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As crews clean up from LA wildfires, some residents are furious over hazardous waste
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As crews clean up from LA wildfires, some residents are furious over hazardous waste

  • By DORANY PINEDA Associated Press
  • Updated

As crews work to clean up from the Los Angeles wildfires, city officials and residents are opposing the designation of a federally owned park to process hazardous waste. The Environmental Protection Agency is using Lario Park in the San Gabriel Valley to temporarily separate, package and transport potentially hazardous materials from the Eaton Fire in Altadena. That includes items such as paints, pesticides and lithium-ion batteries from electric cars and other electronics. Locals worry about dangerous waste that could pollute the air and soil or seep into groundwater and they are furious they were not notified in advance.