The blazes that began on Jan. 7 charred thousands of buildings, cars and electronics across the Los Angeles area, creating potentially hundreds of tons of hazardous materials.

As crews work to clean up from the Los Angeles wildfires, city officials and residents are opposing the designation of a federally owned park to process hazardous waste.

The two devastating wildfires in the Pacific Palisades and Altadena-Pasadena areas that killed 29 people, destroyed over 16,000 structures and scorched over 37,000 acres were fully contained Saturday,