Crew tasked with cleaning Ebola apartment steps into national spotlight

DALLAS – The Fort Worth, Texas, company Cleaning Guys has dealt with hazardous spills. It has cleared bloody crime scenes, including those involving HIV. But it recently took up its highest-profile job yet — clearing out the apartment where the Dallas Ebola patient stayed.

A 15-member crew from the company worked for four days at the apartment where Thomas Eric Duncan stayed when he began showing Ebola-related symptoms such as vomiting. They wore yellow protective suits and filled about 140 barrels with items from the home for incineration, including mattresses and the carpet.

By the end, logos on the company's black and green cleanup trailers — televised nationwide by media camped outside the home — became recognizable across Dallas, where the workers have been approached in public and thanked.