When Pat Davis started noticing steel barrels with “unknown contents” appear on the vacant lot across from his house, he became concerned.
However, when he spotted a young boy nearly fall into one of the dumpsters beside the barrels, he knew action needed to be taken.
“It has been an on-going concern for some time,” said Davis, regarding the lot at the intersection of Murray Street and Duke Street in Wallaceburg. “Last night I looked out my living room window when I saw a young boy, who I thought was about six or seven years old and he was standing on top one of these dumpsters, looking inside. I took another photo of him slipping down to the other side.”
Davis said he sent to pictures to some officials with Chatham-Kent.
“A lot of (the dumpsters) have broken lids or no lids at all,” he said. “They contain all sorts of different chemicals, there are barrels there. I expressed my concern for not only public safety, but about the environment. None of that really seemed to motivate the Chatham-Kent officials to do anything about it. I appreciate both Jeff (Wesley) and Sheldon (Parsons) responded and have asked for action, and it hasn’t translated yet.”
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