[UPDATE 1:48 p.m.: Video] Fire off of V Street in Eureka
Firefighters battling flames through a fence off of V St. in Eureka. [Photo by Mark McKenna]A fire with explosions or possible gunshots was reported off V Street in Eureka about 1 15 p.m. The dispatcher requested officers to assist with evacuating the greenbelt.
Officers have blocked off V Street at 4th and at 5th. [Photo from QuickMap]
UPDATE 1:40 p.m.: The Incident Commander reported that this was a fire in a homeless encampment.
UPDATE 1:48 p.m.: According to our reporter Mark McKenna, “EPD was aware of the encampment which is on private property. They were working with the property owner to deal with the removal…There were at least two propane tanks in the fire and at least one loud pop.”
He tells us that the cause is under investigation and there are no reported injuries.
UPDATE: Humboldt Bay Fire Releases Info on Today’s V St. Fire in Eureka
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Is the green belt a bum belt?
It is now !
Could you please provide a link to the free campground or the free housing that allows families and does not kick people out every morning?
Because, unless people are steered towards these facilities, the green-belt will continue to serve as the only available option for many people.
You can always put out your address and let them camp there.
It has been well documented they don’t want help with housing. They want handouts to keep their drug supply. That’s the only reason they trespass and destroy private property. Sometimes it sucks, but they have made their choices.
Families? If there are any kids in homeless camps the parents should be investigated for child abuse.
90%+ of the chronically unhoused are drug addicts, alcoholics or mentally ill.
We’ve agree before that little is likely to change unless we get to a point where ill people who refuse treatment can be confined.
And the last place any of them should be is in a green belt or other natural area, especially near streams or wetlands.
It is slowly turning into a scum belt for sure. I am just happy that the damn propane cylinder(s) that blew up did not injure a firefighter or someone else. The City of Eureka needs to put a stop to these camps. The restaurant owner asked for help several weeks ago and nothing was done. Who keeps dropping the ball?
Those small cylinders really pop.
That camp has been there a while.
Yep, saw him going in with a really nice bike.