Four buildings of an apartment complex in Virginia have been evacuated by the authorities after it was discovered that they are contaminated with the deadly mineral asbestos.
These four buildings belong to the Oyster Point Palace Apartments in New Port News, Virginia. According to a story run on WWEC.TV, tenants of all the four buildings found a letter hanging from their doorknobs on Thursday. This letter stated that the walls and ventilation systems of their apartments are clogged with asbestos and they are at risk of mesothelioma cancer.
According to Twane Shelton, a relatively new resident at Oyster Point, there was no knock on the door and he calls it very sneaky and suspicious. Shelton shares the apartment with his roommate and both expressed their dissatisfaction with the management saying that they were placed into a filthy apartment when they moved in.
When an unlocked apartment in the complex was inspected by a TV station, a plastic sheet covering and asbestos warning signs were found a few feet away from the rooms Shelton and his roommate Ryan Spiker share. Both men are very angry and say that they were duped by the management into moving to an unhealthy complex.
Shane says that the management knew about it but did not bother telling the residents about the danger they are living in. They are also concerned as they spent all their money to rent this apartment and now they are broke without any other place to live.
Meanwhile, the management at Oyster Point Palace said that they had no comment to make on the situation.
