Los Angeles County leaders on Wednesday penned a letter asking that federal crews expedite the removal of 75 tons of illegal fireworks that are currently sitting in a Commerce warehouse.
On top of that, there are also 27 pallets of highly-flammable hand sanitizer stored in the same building, leading both Supervisor Janice Hahn and Los Angeles County Fire Department Chief Anthony Marrone to “urgently request” the “immediate intervention” of the Environmental Protection Agency.
“This facility is located in an area densely populated with occupied businesses, and a residential community approximately one half a mile away,” the letter said, addressed to U.S. EPA Administrator Lee Zedlin. “The continued presence of such a large volume of highly combustible and hazardous substances near a vulnerable population and active commercial occupancies represents a critical public safety threat.”…