King's Beach Blaze

Asbestos at Fire Site Bound Up In Adhesive

The site clean-up has yet to be scheduled; the owner must first select a cleanup contractor and a consultant and a clean-up plan must be designed.

Asbestos discovered at the fire debris site on Humphrey Street last week is bound up in an adhesive and poses less of a hazard than asbestos tiles or asbestos pipe insulation, the town fire chief said. No asbestos tile or insulation was discovered at the fire site, said Swampscott Fire Chief Kevin Breen.  Property owner Jayne Orloff Carey’s contractor for the building demolition  — The Total Group of Swampscott — performed a preliminary site survey last Friday and discovered the asbestos adhesive.  Milton Marden, manager of the Total Group, said that this type of asbestos is not the kind that would go airborne from a sitting pile of debris. This is why the site is not covered, the fire chief said. A Department of Environmental Protection …

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Terry Date

12:08 am on Tuesday, March 15, 2011

These are good questions and we will try to get answers from DEP before the cleanup starts Weds.   more ›

VIDEO: Fire Ravages Humphrey Street Building

Firefighters from at least five towns battled a blaze at Kings Beach.

Fire ravaged a three-story building at 132 Humphrey St., that housed first-floor businesses and upstairs apartments. Everyone got out safely, said Swampscott Fire Chief Kevin Breen. He said the fire may have started in the basement or the first floor. Its cause is unknown at this point. The stucco-building sits at the corner of Redington and Humphrey Street across from Kings Beach.

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