Recent news reports indicate that perhaps up to 150 Snohomish County firefighters may have been exposed to asbestos or other toxic and hazardous elements during the recent burndown and demolition of the structures on Pine Street.
I was assured by all the relevant local and state governmental agencies that I contacted that there was no danger of exposure to us.
If any random citizen of the City of Snohomish or anyone in the nearby environs had wanted to burn down their structure located in a residential neighborhood of the city or its environs there would have been several regulatory issues and hurdles that they would have had to been overcome. Was an Environmental Impact Statement filed? If so, what was the outcome?
Were the compounded effects of the toxic smoke and asbestos released into the environs and air of the City of Snohomish and its bordering residential areas considered before the burndown?
Has the City of Snohomish and its environs been subjected to an “East Palestine” event?
The same question may be in order concerning the issue of the trichlorethylene in the ground and water table.
Was due diligence followed through by the City of Snohomish and Fire District 4 in terms of the environmental impact before this burn down and the sighting of the proposed & planned new City of Snohomish’s new government campus and the new Snohomish County Fire District 4 Fire Station?
David Clay
Snohomish
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