Brush Fire Breaks Out At Homeless Encampment

PANORAMA CITY, CA — Firefighters quickly snuffed out a brush fire that began in a Panorama City homeless encampment Monday afternoon. It was the at least the second time in a week that a brush fire spread at a homeless encampment in the region.

The fire broke out just before 1 p.m. in the 14700 block of West Plummer Street. Crews stopped the forward progress of the flames within a half-hour, the Los Angeles Fire Department reported. No one was hurt in the fire, which was under investigation. Crews were able to keep the flames from damaging abandoned homes nearby.

The fire was out within 39, and firefighters will remain on scene dousing hot spots, according to Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Brian Humphrey.

On May 28, crews tackled another encampment fire that broke out in the Elysian Park area. That blaze jammed up traffic for miles along the southbound side of the Harbor (110) Freeway.

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