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LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Calif. - The Army Corps of Engineers held a press conference Tuesday to celebrate its final debris removal project from a home destroyed in January's Palisades Fire.

"This is the fastest debris removal in United States history," a member of the U.S. Army Corps said.

Federal workers say they have hauled roughly 2.5 million tons of debris in the past seven months. Tuesday's project took place at Noland West's property.

"I miss my home in the worst way," West said.

The Palisades Fire destroyed the 93-year-old's dream home and thousands of others. He is now going through the process of trying to rebuild.

"We have to get a soil analysis, this analysis and that," West said. "But I want to do it and get it built as soon as possible."

L.A. City Councilwoman T

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