In a heated community meeting, furious residents assailed federal officials for trucking electric vehicle batteries and other hazardous materials from Altadena to their area for processing.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the opening of two sites for the temporary collection of hazardous materials left by both the Eaton and Palisades fires however multiple city officials in the San Gabriel Valley are uniting in opposition to one of the sites.

San Gabriel Valley officials oppose the EPA's plans to use Lario Park as a hazardous waste site post-Eaton Fire.

The plan to open a site to process Eaton fire debris near foothill communities has prompted swift backlash from San Gabriel Valley residents and leaders.

City leaders from Duarte, Irwindale, Azusa and Baldwin Park have joined in opposition of federal plans to use Lario Staging Ground as a place where they will dump and process the hazardous waste left behind by the Eaton Fire.

The cities of Duarte, Azusa, Irwindale and Baldwin Park have opposed federal plans to use Lario Park as a site for processing hazardous debris from the Eaton Fire.

On Tuesday, hazmat crews with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will sift through all the burned properties, removing hazardous materials in the Palisades Fire zones and Eaton Fire zones.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is opening two sites to collect hazardous materials left by both the Eaton and Palisades fires however multiple city officials in the San Gabriel Valley are uniting in opposition of one of the sites.