SAN DIEGO — Neighbors along San Diego's 42nd Street continue clean up efforts after Monday's unprecedented storm flooded homes throughout the Southeast community.
One home that has 42nd Street residents concerned is a pink home that hasn't been opened since the flood swept through. Neighbors told CBS 8 the owner of the home died last year. It hasn't been opened since the flooding, they said.
They're scared mold and bacteria may have started to build up — or what else is now inside the home.
Jose Garcia lives in the neighborhood. Garcia said the owner's children occasionally stop by since he died, but they haven't come to the house since the devastating floods.
"That house has been closed up," Garcia said. "No windows are opened, nobody's been in there."
Family members who have stopped by in the past come one or two times a month, but it's infrequent and inconsistent. But a family member did show up to the unoccupied pink house yesterday, according to Garcia.
"One of the nieces did stop by, introduced herself yesterday," he said. "She was asking us if we had seen the family stop by. We told her no, and she looked a little upset."
Neighbors like Stephanie Chavez are worried mold and bacteria compiling in the house might create a health hazard and put the community at risk.
"Our neighbors here are already starting to smell everything," she said. "It's bad, it's scary to think what is making it smell that bad."
Volunteers set up a donation station in front of the home to give away flood and clothes to residents who need it.
Garcia said if the pink home is anything like his was after the storm, it's cause for concern.
"We're worried about how the interior of the house is looking cause ours was pretty bad," he said. "We cleaned it all out and we're already starting to get a little funk of what we believe is mold."
CBS 8 reached out to the City of San Diego and the San Diego Police Department for more information but has not heard back yet.
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