The city’s newest fire station has toxic mold and the local union is threatening a lawsuit if it’s not cleaned up.
“This is one of the rooms where they found some of it,” said Chief John Heilmann while showing two rooms that have been quarantined. The mold is growing around firefighters’ bedrooms.
“Didn’t know about the mold issue and how severe it was until they opened up the dorm room upstairs,” he said.
The roof has leaked in the past but they never knew just what was growing.
It all started last year when mold was discovered in an office. That was quickly eradicated, but the toxins surfaced once again back in March and spores have been multiplying ever since.
“It’s not a new issue, it’s been presented before, and now we are taking it to the next step,” said Robert Padilla with the Sacramento Area Firefighters Local 522.