The investigation into a Sunday night fire involving construction supplies in a Belleville, Ontario, neighbourhood is still ongoing.
“I didn’t think it was going to be this awful of a disaster, but it’s a mess,” says nearby neighbour Mark Soule. “Everyone in the neighbourhood has been doing cleanup, and we had the gutters cleaned. While we were away, our fantastic neighbours helped keep up our yard. It was a group undertaking.
The fire started at midnight.
A three-block radius around Station Street and Haig Road was littered with burnt styrofoam and ash on Sunday. 150 residences, according to the City of Belleville, were evacuated.
People who have expenses related to their cleanup or damage must contact their insurer directly because the fire occurred on private property.
Gerhard Neumann, a resident in the affected region, says, “We started cleaning up, and this is already the second time cleaning up.”
“The eavestroughs are all clogged and overflowing with trash. The black material will run through the walls and everywhere if it rains, which would be really messy.
Garbage bags loaded with burned building materials from the fire are scattered along the sides of the streets in the neighbourhood.
Styrofoam that had been burned was able to go into every crack and crevice, including gutters, windowsills, and roof tops.
The majority of the neighborhood’s people have come together to clean up the area, while there are still a few houses with scorched debris on them.
The City of Belleville has been putting up a lot of effort to sweep the streets, which is its duty, by making several runs with a street sweeper.
According to Neumann, “We are quite appreciative to the city because they have been very nice about coming in and cleaning up.”
“They removed anything that we had raked or placed on the curb. They cleaned up this area extremely quickly and well.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, the city will conduct free trash pickups in an effort to remove all the debris that has been left on the sides of the road. Hopefully, this will allow for the final cleanup of the mess.
Residents of Belleville, Ontario, tidy up the neighbourhood after a styrofoam fire
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