Californian schools destroyed by Palisades Fire
A uniform spokesperson for Los Angeles confirmed to Fox News Digital that Palisades Charter High School, Palisades Charter Elementary School and Marquez Elementary School suffered considerable damage due to the Palisades Fire. (Credit: Fox 11)
While schools in the natural fire had an influence on areas of Los Angeles, parents are starting to worry about poisonous axis that can be harmful to their children.
Kelli Ferrone’s Daughters’ school, Canyon Charter Elementary, was able to open as quickly as Monday. But after cleaning the campus just half a mile of the devastating Palissades Fire Ferrone himself told the Associated Press that she would rather be that it will be moving temporarily instead of quickly opening again.
“The (Los Angeles Unified School District) has never experienced such a disaster in their history,” Ferrone told the AP. “And I think people try very hard, but our school needs a new temporary house with classrooms and teachers who teach personally. That is the only thing people feel at ease.”
The ash is one toxic soup of burnt cars, Electronics, batteries, building materials, paints, furniture and any other kind of hearing personally. The ash contains pesticides, asbestos, plastics and lead, for which children are more vulnerable, but scientists still do not have the long -term health effects.
Kelli Ferrone walks her daughter to a temporary school on Friday, January 24, 2025 in Los Angeles, while waiting for Canyon Charter Elementary School to reopen after they have been hit by smoke and ashes from the Palisades fire. (Brittany Peterson)
Canyon Charter Elementary School will remain closed on Wednesday January 22, 2025, in Santa Monica, California, after nearby forest fires. (Brittany Peterson)
“Children often have more hand-to-mouth behavior and their body grows rapidly in these first few years, so they can be more sensitive to this type of pollution”, Dr. Lisa Patel, a pediatrician and executive director of the Medical Society Consortium about climate and health, said the AP. “There will be a risk for a while to get into terms of exposure.”
“All seven Los Angeles Unified School District locations that were in the vicinity of the Palisades Fire were implemented and inspected by environmental advisers before they reopen.” school district said.
A jungle sports school molts and destroyed by the Eaton Fire is seen at a school on January 15, 2025 in Altadena, California. (John Locher, file)
The work ‘was carried out according to the guidelines for schools with forest fires published by: California Department of Education, California Environmental Protection Agency, California Department of Emergency Services, Los Angeles County Public Health Department and the US Environmental Protection Agency, “said Lausd.
While some people with the safety of schools that are still standing, others do not have a school to return to.
Plume of smoke caused by the Hughes -fire rising on Castaic, California, on January 22, 2025. (Ethan Swope, File)
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“The community is gone, my son’s school has disappeared, my son’s house has burned down”, Chris Pratt, the “Guardians of the Galaxy” star shared on social media. Pratt and his ex-wife, Anna Faris, share their 12-year-old son, Jack.
Fox News’ Stephanie Giang-Paunon and the Associated Press have contributed to this report.
