HIALEAH, FLA. (WSVN) - A group of residents in Hialeah protested at San Jose Funeral Home Sunday for putting their health at risk of exposure to COVID-19.
Their cause for concern is a refrigerated container that appeared in the parking lot close to the funeral home located along Fourth Avenue.
Liliana Acosta, a resident, said, “We need that container moved out of there. I need my peace of mind back. I need my kids’ peace of mind back.”
They fear that the bodies of deceased COVID-19 patients are inside the container and that they’re living next to a health hazard.
“My kids do not even want to go outside in our backyard because we are all scared,” Acosta said. “We can’t sleep right just thinking that’s there. We don’t know enough about coronavirus that we think we might get contaminated from it. The smell — there’s a smell, I don’t know if it’s body or chemical or whatever it is back there. Where are our leaders? This is horrible, in the middle of a community.”
The funeral home said that container is in the parking lot for capacity reasons.
Police are investigating whether or not the container is allowed to sit at the parking lot.
The residents will be demonstrating their frustrations towards the funeral home later on Sunday.
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