Air monitoring and sampling, as well as fire ash debris samples, were taken and analyzed in the days after the fire. Here's what the EPA found in those samples:
PLAINFIELD — The Environmental Protection Agency has released a nearly 900 page report about the March 16 Walmart warehouse fire.
The EPA's field monitoring measurements found levels of particulate matter above screening levels in the area where residents were encouraged to shelter in place. Fire ash and debris were generated for miles. Asbestos was not detected in the EPA samples, but the amount of benzene and arsenic found in samples exceeded the regional screening levels . Additionally, the report limit for 1,2-Dibromo 3-Chloropropane and thallium were above the EPA's removal management levels and regional screening levels .
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