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Evacuation orders lifted in La Verne following overnight battery dismantling operation
Summary by The Los Angeles Editorial Desk FOX 11 Digital Team , as published by FOX 11 Los Angeles (KTTV)
· September 25, 2026
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La Verne officials have lifted all evacuation orders following the safe overnight removal of fire-damaged lithium-ion batteries at the Metropolitan Water District facility.
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What is this story about? La Verne officials have lifted all evacuation orders following the safe overnight removal of fire-damaged lithium-ion batteries at the Metropolitan Water District facility.
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