another interesting one...

Long Beach fire chief statement statement

Long Beach fire chief George Bass has released this statement:

We are here to protect and limit access to the area south of the CSX Railroad tracks. We are attempting to keep anyone who does not belong in the area from entering your personal property.

We are not going to bull doze your homes; they belong to you, and you will deal with your insurance company to settle your property.

We have not set a date for anyone to have to vacate from south of the CSX Railroad tracks. If this becomes necessary, we will try to give you enough lead time to secure your property, and we strongly encourage you to use your time to prepare for this possibility.

To reduce your risk of illness, infection, or injury, we recommend that you use extreme caution while in this area and that you use any means to protect yourself from the hazards that exist south of the CSX Railroad tracks. Some of these hazards include; natural gas leaks, stagnant water, raw sewage, dead animals, and other unknown hazards.

We want to remind you that curfew south of the CSX Railroad tracks is 24 hours a day, but we are allowing passes from 8:00 to 5:00 p.m. All passes must be returned to the checkpoint at Choice Food Store by the 5:30 p.m. dead line. This pass is to allow you to access your property only. Heavy equipment is operating in the area to clear debris from the streets to allow emergency vehicle passage, and all vehicular and pedestrian traffic must be restricted to your property only.

When they become available, passes will be issued to residents remaining overnight south of the CSX Railroad tracks whose homes have been declared structurally safe by city building officials. We will record the names and addresses of those residents in order to allow emergency responders to locate them if necessary.


posted at # 12:15 PM