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A house destroyed by the Eaton Fireplace (R) is seen subsequent to a different left intact in Altadena, California.

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A house destroyed by the Eaton Fireplace (R) is seen subsequent to a different left intact in Altadena, California.

ZOE MEYERS/AFP through Getty Pictures

As evacuation orders are lifted, folks in Los Angeles are returning to their homes–if their properties survived. However the catastrophe would not finish when the fireplace stops.

A single block and a half separates the Altadena dwelling of Jennifer and Ed Barguiarena from full destruction. Simply down the road lies charred, flattened particles.

However for households just like the Barguiarenas — the seemingly fortunate ones, whose homes survived — an altogether completely different ordeal is simply starting.

The water nonetheless is not secure to drink, prepare dinner or wash with. There are tremendous layers of ash and dirt in folks’s properties and yards. And households just like the Barguiarenas are additionally fearful about what they can not see – the chance that toxins like lead and asbestos may need drifted into their properties.

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This episode was produced by Michael Leavitt and Connor Donevan, with audio engineering by Kwesi Lee.

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