San Fer­nan­do’s main Car­ni­val routes were large­ly free of de­bris on Ash Wednes­day, but piles of house­hold waste re­mained along some off-route streets.

Cleanup op­er­a­tions be­gan at mid­night, with crews fan­ning out across Cof­fee Street, Cipero Street, High Street, the Rien­zi Kir­ton High­way and In­de­pen­dence Av­enue. Work­ers moved through the night to clear the city be­fore day­break.

Most signs of the fes­tiv­i­ties were re­moved quick­ly, al­though a few Car­ni­val stages and tents re­mained. The Build­ing Main­te­nance Task Force of the South­west Re­gion­al Health Au­thor­i­ty re­moved ply­wood boards from the glass panes of the San Fer­nan­do Teach­ing Hos­pi­tal as garbage trucks passed through the city.