North Bay Wildfire Day 10 Updates

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Day 10:

Further containment of the fires: 

More evacuees return home, (Oakmont, parts of Larkfield-Wikiup, outer regions of Geyserville) more to come.

Police, National Guard presence continues

53 Missing Persons

Supervisors: met in Windsor yesterday:

  1. Declared a local health emergency
  2. Asked for state assistance to remove debris and will allow crews to get in and remove burned debris and vegetation from public right-of-ways.

Clean-up: Federal environmental protection agency will be involved in the initial clean-up. Batteries, paint, flammable liquids, electronic waste and asbestos. Cal Recycle for phase 2: non-toxic, ash, concrete, metal and contaminated soil: after that, your property can be certified and you can get building permits: NO COST TO HOMEOWNERS.

Town Hall meetings will be coming up to talk about all of that…

LARGEST CLEANUP IN CA HISTORY

Lawsuit against PG&E by a couple who lost their home in Coffee Park: Cal Fire still in the process of investigating the cause of all the fires.

Damages so far: exceeding 3-billion dollars in SC: over 100k acres burned.