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Haz-Mat crew cleans up filthy apartment
By KRISTIN BOYD


Staff Writer

Authorities don't know when two residents stopped using the broken toilet in their northside apartment and started using the floor.

But by the time the situation was discovered yesterday morning, so much human waste, rotting garbage and dirty needles had accumulated that the apartment was declared a biohazard and condemned.

Fire Commissioner Barry Fisher said a woman and a man rented the second-story apartment at 1017 Lehman St. and for some time had been using the floor as a toilet and garbage can.

"There is human waste -- urine and feces -- on the floor, and needles on the floor," Fisher said yesterday at the scene. "She seems to be a diabetic, and she was re-using needles, so there is blood as well."

Fisher did not release the residents' names but said the woman was in her early 40s. She was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital for treatment of diabetes and a mental-health evalutation, he said.

City building inspectors received a complaint about the apartment yesterday morning and went there to investigate. They found an accumulation of human waste nearly 2 feet deep in the apartment's bathroom, he said. Human waste was also found in the living room and bedroom, he said.

After seeing the apartment's squalid condition, inspectors declared it a biohazard and called in the county's Haz-Mat team to help with the cleanup.

With a chilling wind blowing, the four-member team changed into crinkly, yellow jumpsuits -- similar to those chemists wear -- in a small lot across from the apartment.

They slid on orange, rubber boots and neon-green gloves. They also put on a pair of black gloves. Blue duct tape was then wrapped around their

wrists and shins to keep waste and bacteria from touching their skin.

The crew members then covered their faces with plastic shields and strapped on air packs before entering the home.

A city worker lugged two rubber hoses to the second floor, looping them through the building's fire-escape ladder. The hoses were pushed through one of the apartment's front windows and used to collect the excrement.

"They'll pick up the needles first, then vacuum the waste as much as possible," Fisher said as crews began cleaning. "Then they'll pick up the garbage, but they have to be careful because there could be more needles in there."

Crews spent six hours at the site yesterday, Fisher said. They were continuing the clean-up today, but it's unclear how long the apartment will be condomned, he said.

"Whenever it's cleaned up, they could go back in, but it could be years," he said.

Other tenants in the three-story brick building weren't evacuated, he said.

The property is owned by James Ruffner, a city funeral home director, and the estate of the late Michael R. Fortna.

Apparently the building is for sale: A Reich Realty sign is attached to the wooden porch.

Crews blocked off the scene with yellow tape and shut down Lehman Street between 10th and 11th streets.

Crews from Lebanon County Emergency Services, Lebanon police and Goodwill Fire Co. assisted.

AnimeJet wrote:Thats kinda funny, yet sickening at the same time.

Joe wrote:Hey, this happens all the time in my residence hall, where the stairwell is routinely used as a shitter for a reason unbeknownst to me.

Joe wrote:Hey, this happens all the time in my residence hall, where the stairwell is routinely used as a shitter for a reason unbeknownst to me.

Joe wrote:Hey, this happens all the time in my residence hall, where the stairwell is routinely used as a shitter for a reason unbeknownst to me.

Nathan F wrote:

Joe wrote:Hey, this happens all the time in my residence hall, where the stairwell is routinely used as a shitter for a reason unbeknownst to me.

WTF?!

I've NEVER seen ANYTHING like that. The occasional piss in the parking lot, but taking a dump inside your dorm? Ugh!

I'd try to stake out the place and find out who it is doing it, then call the campus police on the immature little bastards.

The Yosemite Bear wrote:reminder


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Joe wrote:Hey, this happens all the time in my residence hall, where the stairwell is routinely used as a shitter for a reason unbeknownst to me.

Darth_Zod wrote:back when i was working for Ross, i'd hear horror stories about guys taking a shit in the fucking elevator. and right outside the window really early in the morning. Not to mention the state of the bathrooms. So it's not entirely unbelievable, but ugh.

Vertigo1 wrote:no, you don't burn it. Burning shit just smells even worse....

Nothing short of a tactical nuclear warhead would be good enough to get rid of that stench...