Hazardous clean-up begins in North Complex burn scar

Tuesday marked the first day of hazardous clean-up in Berry Creek as many survivors begin the recovery process.

Now working to clean up hazardous household materials from the north complex burn scar.

Action news now reporter krisitan lopez shows us the impacts of this first major step in the recovery process.

Martin sudicky/lives in berry creek: the sooner the better, its a long road.

Kristian: martin sudicky and his wife martha were shocked to find out their home was the only one left standing here on their street.

Now they are taking care of all of the necessary repairs so they can return home as soon as possible.

Martin sudicky: the contractors are starting to come in and we are working with our insurance to see what they are going to repair.

Our water tank was burnt and we had smoke damage but not a lot of damage compared to our neighbors but its just getting started.

Sudicky says he's glad crews are getting a jump start on the clean-up process and hopes this will help his neighbors rebuild faster.

Sudicky: everything is burnt to the ground, its a forest a burnt twigs.

Our house is here but we dont know where to go from here.

We are by ourselves in the middle of a burnt devastation.

I hope people come back i know not everyone will but its a cool community and peaceful.

It got upended by the fire but you hope it comes back the sooner the better.

Kristian: the couple continues working on the necessary repairs but are still not sure when they will be able to return home.

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# today was the first day of the hazardous clean up in berry creek.

The state is getting ready to launch a dashboard that maps out crew's progress in real time.

Once that is up we will post a link on our website.