The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ wildfire cleanup efforts are nearly complete almost eight months after the deadly blazes. The Army Corps is preparing to clear debris from the last residential parcel that opted into the federal cleanup endeavor, the Los Angeles Times reported. The cleanup conclusion comes roughly four months earlier than the Army Corps’ predicted goal of next January and far ahead of initial predictions by experts and lawmakers. Federal contractors have cleared 2.5 million tons of fire wreckage from nearly 10,000 properties. The process began in late January when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency supervised the collection […]
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