California wildfire cleanup crews tackle toxic waste, risk of exploding batteries
After the wildfires ravaged homes in Los Angeles, California, cleanup crews faced a new challenge: electric car batteries ...
Homeowners spared by California fires grapple with returning home amid toxic debris: "One of the left behinds"
Lynn McIntyre is supposed to feel like one of the lucky ones. When a series of wildfires devastated Los Angeles in January, ...
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FEMA again pushes back on renewed push to test soil after Southern California wildfires
The pressure on FEMA comes after the agenda reportedly rejected Gov. Gavin Newsom’s similar request. California officials say data shows that contamination from wildfires can go deeper than 6 ...
FEMA extends debris cleanup program for Southern California wildfire victims
The deadline to either opt-in or opt-out for government-run wildfire debris removal has been extended.   FEMA made the announcement on Friday, stating that the new deadline to submit a Right of ...
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Neighborhoods Ravaged by CA Wildfires Being Rebuilt Sans Soil Testing
The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s controversial decision to forgo soil testing in communities burned in the Eaton and ...
Los Angeles Times27d
FEMA extends deadline to apply for L.A. wildfire relief
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has ... firestorm have swelled to more than $250 billion. As wildfires continue in Southern California, estimates of the total economic loss from the ...
Whittier Daily News6d
FEMA again pushes back on renewed push to test soil after Eaton, Palisades wildfires
Wildfire survivors deserve to return to safe, toxin-free properties,” they wrote. The pressure on FEMA comes after the agenda reportedly rejected Gov. Gavin Newsom’s similar request. California ...
San Gabriel Valley Tribune6d
FEMA again pushes back on renewed push to test soil after Eaton, Palisades wildfires
The pressure on FEMA comes after the agenda reportedly rejected Gov. Gavin Newsom’s similar request. California officials say data shows that contamination from wildfires can go deeper than 6 ...