An deserted home in Hollywood that was taken over by a gaggle of homeless squatters not too long ago burned down, in a improvement that ought to shock completely nobody.
Neighbors repeatedly complained to the town that the home had been taken over by squatters. Police would come and the squatters would disappear, then simply come again the second the police had been gone.
You’d suppose the individuals of southern California have had sufficient of fires after the previous few months, wouldn’t you?
FOX 11 in Los Angeles reported:
Vacant Hollywood house burns down after string of fires allegedly attributable to squatters
A vacant Hollywood house burned down Thursday, one week after FOX 11 was first to report on homeless squatters taking up the constructing.
Thursday morning’s harmful blaze alongside the 1700 block of Wilton was the fourth fireplace on the location in about two weeks.
“It’s virtually comical,” stated Jeanne Rice, a neighbor. “I’m sort of laughing slightly bit, as a result of it’s like a joke. We’ve been tortured over it.”
Rice is certainly one of a number of neighbors on Wilton who’ve complained to metropolis officers for months about two vacant houses on the road taken over by squatters.
Close by residents have reported public drug use, fixed nudity, giant fires, and a normal disregard for legal guidelines.
“If there are deserted buildings on the road, they’ll’t be mendacity there for like a 12 months with out being knocked down,” stated Carolita Blythe, one other neighbor. “As a result of, individuals with out houses are going to enter the buildings.”
See the video report beneath:
LATEST: One of many houses in Hollywood we reported on final week, taken over by squatters, has burned down. Close by residents are demanding accountability. #hollywood #losangeles pic.twitter.com/j8TR9yCeVW
— Matthew Seedorff (@MattSeedorff) Might 2, 2025
After wildfires destroyed hundreds of houses in southern California earlier this 12 months, the town and state have completely no excuse for this. They need to be on excessive alert for fires began by homeless individuals with a zero tolerance coverage. What an completely predictable failure.
