Fire At Homeless Encampment Reported Thursday

OAKLAND, CA — A tree house was damaged in a one-alarm fire at a homeless encampment in the vicinity of Oakland's Vantage Point Park early this morning, a fire dispatcher said.

The blaze was reported around 4:40 a.m. at East 12th Street and 16th Avenue.

There were roughly 20 tents at the encampment, but only the tree house was burned, firefighters said. No injuries were reported.

A dog was killed and five tents were destroyed in an April 13 fire at another homeless camp roughly a half-mile down East 12th Street, between 22nd and 23rd avenues.

In that case, witnesses told firefighters that one of the camp's residents had been seen cooking and that may have been how the fire started.

Further details about this morning's fire were not immediately available.

— Bay City News; Image via Morguefile

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