Fire Chief testifies business owner put his arm in suspected hazardous waste to prove it was safe

  • Source: WXYZ-TV ABC Detroit
  • Published: 02/05/2020 03:36 PM

Should the owner of the building that is the source of the green ooze seen flowing onto I-696 last year be forced to pay to tear his building down? That is the decision a judge at Oakland County Circuit Court will make. The trial continued Wednesday with detailed testimony about how the fire department discovered the dangers in the building. The Madison Heights Fire Chief took the witness stand. He testified he was driving down the road and saw a mess that concerned him back in 2016, leading to the discovery of thousands of barrels of hazardous waste. “We saw a large amount of debris outside the facility, a lot of hoarding debris outside the property. We got his permission to enter the building,” said Chief Gregory Lelito of the Madison Heights Fire Department.



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