Walk into Lario Park in Irwindale and you’ll see shipping containers, heavy machinery and barrels meant to store dangerous materials all framed within fences. It’s the place where crews will carefully process toxic items left from the Eaton Fire – a controversial site chosen by the Environmental Protection Agency that’s left nearby residents concerned.

Officials in Duarte and Irwindale are voicing their opposition to officials using the Lario Park as a staging area for toxic material from the California wildfires.

The cities of Duarte, Azusa, Irwindale and Baldwin Park have opposed federal plans to use Lario Park to process hazardous debris from the Eaton Fire, officials said Monday. The U.S. […]

Despite opposition from foothill communities, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is moving forward with its plan to use an Irwindale site to process hazardous debris from the Eaton Fire.