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.

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.