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The plan is facing lawsuits from homeowners in Altadena, Pacific Palisades and nearby communities who allege the plan is refusing to properly test and remediate homes that were infiltrated by smoke, soot and ash.

They vowed to remediate upward of 12,000 properties by January 2026 — within a year of when the deadly wildfires first broke out.

The government said it is ''working at speed to ensure substandard installations are identified and remediated with no cost to the consumer'.'

Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service said it had no choice but to order the closure of the buildings "in the absence of any suitable plans to remediate the fire safety shortfalls".

The Times conducted its own sampling across 40 properties in Altadena and Pacific Palisades, which found that two of 10 remediated Eaton-area sites still showed lead levels more than three times the standard.