The EPA has confirmed the presence of several toxic chemicals in the ruins of a Richmond warehouse. The My Way Trading facility caught fire in April and burned for several days. On-scene coordinator Allen Jarrell says they found what they suspected was there.
"We did some sampling, somewhere in the neighborhood of 100 samples," Jarrell says. "We found a few contaminates, like a high level of lead, benzene, and taurine. Those are the ones that we were mainly concerned about. So, essentially, asbestos, metals and some VoCs."
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Fire destroyed the massive warehouse in late April. Smoke from the fire led to evacuations.
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"We got quite a bit of debris to mitigate … and stabilize," Jarrell adds. "It's going to take several months. Say if we start in September, mid-September, we could very well end up going to the end of the year, weather permitting."
Jarrell says if the weather becomes a factor, the work will have to wait until next spring. He says the site is not a threat to neighbors, as long as it's not disturbed.
