Fire erupts at Penticton encampment as province seeks injunction to dismantle site
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Flames at the site next to Highway 97 broke out just before 7 a.m. No one was injured, according to the city, but a structure was destroyed.
An early-morning fire at the Fairview homeless encampment in Penticton, B.C., has reignited safety and property damage concerns.
Flames at the site next to Highway 97 broke out just before 7 a.m. No one was injured, according to the city, but a structure was destroyed.
It has nearby business operators on edge again.
“It’s just so dangerous, like you see giant flames,” said Luke Bradley, truck sales consultant at Inland Truck and Equipment. “Every time I see a fire like that I think, ‘Oh no, hopefully nobody was hurt.'”
Thursday morning’s fire is just the latest in a series of recent fires at the site, where at least five blazes have erupted since mid-January.
At the nearby Leisureland RV Centre, the owner has first-hand experience of where two trailers were destroyed by an encampment fire that spread last year.
An encampment fire last winter spread onto the RV property and destroyed two trailers.
“Financially, it’s $70 to $80,000 of worth of value,” said Brian Marsden, the owner of Leisureland RV. “And I’m still waiting to settle with the province on whether they’re going to pay for it or whether I have to go through ICBC and pay deductibles.”
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