More than 4,000 properties participating in government-run debris removal programs have been cleared in the aftermath of the Los Angeles County January wildfires, according to authorities.
The Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) reported May 7 that crews had reached the major milestone while working with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) on structural debris removal from the Eaton and Palisades fires.
The crews are removing burned structural remains, trees, ash, and other debris, along with six inches of soil, including two to five feet around the footprint of the burned area….