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

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

ZOE MEYERS/AFP through Getty Photos

As evacuation orders are lifted, individuals in Los Angeles are returning to their homes–if their houses survived. However the catastrophe does 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 totally different ordeal is simply starting.

The water nonetheless is not secure to drink, cook dinner or wash with. There are advantageous layers of ash and mud in individuals’s houses and yards. And households just like the Barguiarenas are additionally anxious about what they can not see – the likelihood that toxins like lead and asbestos may need drifted into their houses.

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

It was edited by Christopher Intagliata and Courtney Dorning.

Our government producer is Sami Yenigun.

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