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Shopvac 1st, with a bag, to get all the infections stuff reduced.
That is the single most-important point.
Use a strong, not anemic, one, with a small nozzle, to concentrate the suction.
The safest method, after that, would be damp rags ( washing-soda or baking-soda solution to make the water a bit more alkaline & low-surface-tension ), perhaps on a reacher.
I learned of the damp-rags method from electricians, who were getting the dust/junk out from a building's transformers ( the power to the entire building had been killed, for the operation, which is required every few years ).
That way you have no risk of getting water/cleaning-solution into places where it'd do harm ( like electrical connectors, e.g. which can then kill some of your vehicle's systems )
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This is largely the same advice you'd get from Chrisfix's videos. Can confirm, this works.