Hammond orders demolition of cockroach-infested house
HAMMOND | An emergency demolition order was issued Thursday for an empty East Hammond house that neighbors claim is the nexus of an expanding cockroach infestation.
Residents of the 900 block of Eaton Street sought assistance from the Board of Public Works and Safety last week in combating the insect invasion, which they said was spreading to adjacent streets in all directions.
Before the 91-year-old building can be torn down, the roaches must first be killed, said Kelly Kearney, code enforcement commissioner, or they would immediately occupy neighboring properties.
“Everything in there is infested,” Kearney said. “There’s a massive, massive amount of roaches.”
Residents said the insects first appeared in June after the owner and a tenant moved out, leaving behind mounds of debris and a dead dog in the basement.
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Gross rip it down.Probably infested every building around too.Just like the mortgage mess has infested and infected everything around it.Rip it down and don’t rebuild.
COURT ROOMS ARE INFESTED TOO!!!
THEY NEED TO DEMOLISH THAT BUILDINGS WITH EVERYTHING INSIDE!!