Fires at San Jose homeless encampment

Two fires broke out on Sunday at a homeless encampment in San Jose, displacing seven people. KTVU's Emma Goss reports.

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[OrbitalTrails-xs]

Did the Homeless encampment pass its last fire and safety inspection?

[aromirsauro]

@1:46..that toyota hilux is the only thing worth having..betcha it's still running strong

[mindsaucehqmindsaucehq]

To add hate comments on top of another's tragedy is just more evidence of how disconnected we are from each other. Lack of empathy is a sign of how the general public is turning sociopathic in it's overall behavior.

[schylperry]

Social media Empathy will not fix the homeless problem. People are free moral agents

[LaCheleWallace]

I'm sorry, but this was no accident or coincidence. This was either a homeless person or somebody in law that wanted a reason to clear out the encampment. For roughly 15 years, they've been talking about these million dollar (now billion dollar) budgets for housing, but yet and still, more and more people are on the streets. We can make the excuse of more and more out of state people are migrating over to the Bay Area, but no... C'mon man. Like quit playin'. Like for real, for real.

[rhp_]

Thought the FAA was getting rid of these bums.

[kuros]

If you only knew what it was like living in a city where money goes back into the community instead of putting out bum-fires

[miguelhuerta]

Don’t really feel sorry for them tbh 🤷🏽‍♂️🤷🏽‍♂️

[bkwil]

You need some help go get a job there's a ton of them get off the alcohol and the drugs and get a life quit waiting for a handout

[electrolytics]

You need help? Try getting a job. A real job, you go to 40 hours a week.
How about that?

[ruoazquara]

Anyone who approves of human loss thru fire will soon feel the very flames they fan

[DeplorableLeft]

That's one way to get rid of the trash

[curtisgross]

How bout get a job and do things for yourself!

[blueeyedwolf]

How much more of this are we expected to put up with?

[Wicked_Ticks]

One of the reason how wild fire starts...because they are trying so hard to light up their GP to get high.

[henryc]

"They get a lil Territorial" hold up til they city brodozer they are really Territorial

[propblastnd]

I guess the super compassionate Democrats got fed up .

[ReIics]

haaahaaaahaaaa who ever did it deserves a medal

[diamondmancera]

You don't know how it is to be homeless. Shit happens! They are people not animals!!! We ain't going nowhere!

[johnniemcbride]

Again, the trolls burst out with hate. You know nothing about those people and its possible that the fires were the result of arson. Even trolls don't want to their homes to burn.