No, back in the olden days, if something like this happened, a section of the city would burn down and (comment removed before the mods see it) but afterward it would be safe to walk the streets for years.
This should be done again.
We used to get rid of them during hurricanes. The bigger they were the more thugs that disappeared.During andrew they took the dead guys out by tractor trailer and it was never reported.Some actually died from the storm.