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Originally Posted by rfuerst911sc

Serious question - what do you do with all the damaged material before contemplating rebuild . There must be thousands of tons of ash and burnt rubble . Thousands of car and truck carcasses . Tons of brick and roof tile rubble . And on and on . What the heck do you do with all of it ?

"Fortunately" following fires, there's a lot less debris than after something like a hurricane. In the mid 90s, I went to the keys for spring break a year or two after hurricane Andrew hammered Miami, Homestead, etc.... As we drove around the outskirts of Miami (not sure if it was 997 or Florida's Turnpike) the sides of the road, both sides, for miles and miles, had huge piles of debris (20-30' tall). Presumably, they got it all away from the city and populated areas, and then had to find a place to put it and then move it a second time. The piles were mostly a mix of building materials and plant/tree, but there were also plenty of large home appliances mixed in, washers, dryers, refrigerators, stoves, etc...