Cars destroyed in Babb Fire being recycled

MALDEN - Junk cars removal in Malden is on a roll with about half of them gone.

The collaborated efforts are cleaning up the area following the Labor Day fire. There is still all lot to do, but there has been quite a bit of effort in clearing away the junk metal, according to Whitman County Sheriff Brett Myers,.

"The community's really worked hard to get those cleaned up," he said.

The sheriff's office performed a slough of VIN inspections after the fire to begin the paperwork to have vehicles declared junk.

Myers estimated 150 cars have already been moved and are along the trail to recycling....