Glass Fire Toxic Debris Removal Slated to Begin this Week

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Hazardous debris removal is expected to begin this week on more than 300 Sonoma County and Santa Rosa city properties that were severely damaged or destroyed in the Glass Fire.

The so called Phase 1 of the cleanup will be undertaken by the state of California Department of Toxic Substance Control. In recent weeks state teams fanned out across the area to assess all properties in the burn zone. That assessment identified 297 properties in the county and more than 50 within Santa Rosa that required cleanup which is mandatory before any other debris removal or rebuilding can begin.

To check if your property is affected, visit these links:

Sonoma County Glass Fire Properties

Santa Rosa Glass Fire Properties

To assist residents who are trying to sort out the web of requirements and regulations, Sonoma County and the city of Santa Rosa are jointly sponsoring a virtual Fire Recovery Town Hall on Monday night November 2nd from 5 to 6:30PM. The event will bring together experts from the state, FEMA and the city and county to answer questions from residents.

To join the Zoom meeting, residents can use this link:

https://srcity-org.zoom.us/j/97044077129

Or via phone at 877 853-5257

The Zoom Webinar ID is 970 4407 7129

The meeting will also livestream on the city of Santa Rosa’s YouTube channel

youtube.com/cityofsantarosa

Both the city of Santa Rosa and Sonoma County have pulled together recovery information on their websites to assist residents who need information. Here are the links:

Sonoma County socoemergency.org/recover

Santa Rosa srcity.org/GlassFireRecovery

The removal of hazardous debris is expected to take about three weeks. After than residents can obtain a permit to begin Phase 2 of the cleanup of their properties which includes removal of all other fire debris. The city and county are still waiting for state funding to assist homeowners in this process.