A father claimed his family were left housebound in Cardiff while they waited for asbestos to be cleared from their street.
Nicholas Nedrud, 31, lives in Pentrebane with his partner, Sarah, and three daughters.
He said asbestos was left on the road just outside his home in Beechley Drive as a result of flytipping on Tuesday evening.
Mr Nedrud said he called Cardiff council to ask them to remove the potentially dangerous substance and claims he was advised by the authority to stay indoors and lock his windows.
Mr Nedrud, who has three daughters aged nine, six and three, said his family were housebound while they waited for the waste to be cleared.
He said: “I got in touch with the council. I was told it was definitely asbestos.
“Their advice was to stay indoors and lock the windows.”
He added: “I normally take the kids to the park to walk the dog but we had to stop doing that.
“I’m quite disgusted with the council. There were kids playing in it.”
Speaking on Wednesday, Councillor Neil McEvoy said: “I’m outraged that our community has been treated so badly today. A complete lack of care.
“I just saw a child riding his bike through it, whilst just two contractors were in suits and masks.”
Cardiff council said specialist asbestos waste contractors "worked through the night" on Tuesday to deal with the fly-tipping.
It said the waste dumped on the junction of Lavender Grove and Beechley Drive inFairwater was cleared and two other pockets of waste on Lavender Grove were moved to the side of the road, contained and covered with plastic sheeting before then being removed.
The authority said all of the waste had been removed by Wednesday night within 24 hours of the incident being reported.
A spokesman said: “We can confirm that the roof tile material has been identified to contain Chrysotile, a low toxic form of asbestos that is commonly found in building materials. There were no concerns with regards to public health as the material, although broken in certain areas, was dampened by the weather conditions and in open space.”
He added: "If any further suspect material in the vicinity of Beechley Drive is identified by members of the public they should contact the council so we can review and if required arrange for managed cleaning and disposal.
"Once again this incident clearly demonstrates how fly-tipping is disruptive, dangerous and irresponsible and how responsive our teams are to such matters.
"Our enforcement teams are currently checking CCTV cameras and working closely with South Wales Police and we ask residents to let us know if they have any information leading to the identification of those responsible. When evidence proves a particular individual, or organisation, is responsible we will prosecute using all the legislative powers available to us."
Anyone who finds what they think might be asbestos should report it to Cardiff council by calling 029 2087 2087.
see-http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/family-say-were-housebound-waiting-11151295
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