Alameda Creek Swept For Homeless Encampments Following Fire

UNION CITY, CA — The Community Oriented Policing and Problem Solving (COPPS) Unit walked the entire creek area from the Alameda Creek Trail to the south side of Arroyo Park Thursday, following a fire at a homeless encampment Wednesday night. No other homeless encampments were found, but the COPPS Unit will continue to work with Fremont Police on the issue of homeless encampments in the area as they arise.

On Wednesday night, Union City Police officers responded to a field behind the homes on Daffodil Way on reports of shots fired. Officers discovered a homeless encampment engulfed in flames. The sound people heard was actually the loud bang coming from a possible propane tank explosion (the light blue circle in the bottom left of the picture).

The Fire Department responded quickly, and the fire was extinguished before it had a chance to spread.

People were found fleeing from the scene with their belongings, but the rest of the encampment was burned to the ground.

The creek that runs through this field from the Alameda Creek Trail to Quarry Lakes Drive is the border between Union City and Fremont (the blue line in the picture). For years UCPD and Fremont PD have been dealing with homeless encampments along this creek area.

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--Image via City of Union City