VIDEO: Weeks after the Oregon Road and Gray fires burned through parts of Spokane County, heartache turned into headaches for homeowners who lost everything to the flames.
That's because many of them are finding out they're required to get an asbestos test before they clean up the debris.
One reason it's become a headache is the question of how much it'll cost. One woman who spoke to KREM 2 anonymously says she was told it could be about $200 to $2,000.
That question was on the minds of many attending Wednesday night's community meeting in Medical Lake, which touched on debris management. There, officials shared each burned structure needs to be tested for asbestos before cleanup begins.
Fulcrum Environmental Consulting has been helping with some of that testing.