AFTER CEASING OPERATIONS AT THE SITE IN 2/92, CHC DISMISSED ALL FACILITY EMPLOYEES, RENDERING ACCESS TO THE SITE COM- PLETELY UNRESTRICTED. DUE TO THE LACK OF SECURITY AND THE PRESENCE OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES, THE SITE POSED AN EXTREME DANGER TO CHILDREN AND OTHERS ENTERING THE SITE. ADDITION- ALLY, THE SITE POSED A SIGNIFICANT FIRE AND SAFETY HAZARD IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT IT HOUSED THOUSANDS OF GALLONS OF FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS AND OTHER HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT A FIRE AT THE FACILITY COULD HAVE RESULTED IN LARGE AND NUMEROUS EXPLOSIONS WITH THE RELEASE OF TOXIC FUMES DRIFTING THROUGHOUT THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOOD.