Dr. Mark Oldfield has heard reports of people digging into the ashes of their burned homes in Monday without gloves, wearing only shorts and T-shirts, looking for sentimental items that might have survived Napa County ’s horrific wildfires. And as the chief public health officer in California , 40,000 of the hardest-hit places, she has used her office as a bully pulpit to urge them to stop, immediately.
Dr. Karen Relucio has heard reports of people digging into the ashes of their burned homes in recent days without gloves, wearing only shorts and T-shirts, looking for sentimental items that might have survived California’s horrific wildfires. And as the chief public health officer in Napa County, one of the hardest-hit places, she has used her office as a bully pulpit to urge them to stop, immediately.