Experts warn that the ash contains harmful substances like asbestos, lead, and arsenic, posing significant health hazards to those exposed. Representative image (Picture credit: AP) Toni Boucher ...

along with twisted piles of metal and strange, out-of-place relics of the people who used to live there. In the debris piles of everyday personal items that the fires left behind, one can imagine ...

That is especially a problem when people start to sift through fire damage. Studies show that people involved in recovery in ash-affected areas could face health risks from breathing in whatever ...