Current Events > Turns out the fire in LA was caused by careless homeless people

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The Admiral
12/21/17 12:36:06 AM
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http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-skirball-fire-cause-20171212-story.html

The blaze that swept through the hills of Bel-Air last week, destroying six homes and damaging a dozen others, was sparked by a cooking fire at a homeless encampment in a nearby ravine, Los Angeles officials said Tuesday.

The encampment was nestled in a canyon several hundred feet from Sepulveda Boulevard and the 405 Freeway, hidden from passing cars. For several years, it had been home to an unknown number of people, officials said.

Investigators said the fire had not been set deliberately and they have not found any of the people who lived there. The camp one of scores of makeshift communities that have grown along freeways, rivers and open space across Los Angeles was largely destroyed in the fire, leaving authorities with little evidence.


Maybe time LA starts actually doing something about these homeless camps. This fire caused $90 million in damage.
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josifrees
12/21/17 12:36:58 AM
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Probably on drugs too for shame
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eggcorn
12/21/17 12:37:43 AM
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The Admiral posted...

Maybe time LA starts actually doing something about these homeless camps.

like what
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kuwab0
12/21/17 12:37:46 AM
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DemonBuffet
12/21/17 12:38:40 AM
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josifrees posted...
Probably on drugs too for shame


Drug addicts feel no shame. Everything is everyone elses fault but their own.
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DemonBuffet
12/21/17 12:39:02 AM
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eggcorn posted...
The Admiral posted...

Maybe time LA starts actually doing something about these homeless camps.

like what


Shipping off to Alaska is a start.
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gnome from nome
12/21/17 12:39:10 AM
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Yes, this was known last week.
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iClockwork
12/21/17 12:41:07 AM
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The Admiral posted...
This fire caused $90 million in damage.

"We don't have houses for ourselves so let's take away everyone elses homes too!" - homeless logic.
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nicklebro
12/21/17 12:41:30 AM
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CrimsonRage posted...
eggcorn posted...
The Admiral posted...

Maybe time LA starts actually doing something about these homeless camps.

like what


send them to Hawaii

We already got the worst homeless problem in the country.
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MC_BatCommander
12/21/17 12:42:05 AM
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Well duh, most fires are caused by careless people.
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Fishy
12/21/17 12:43:49 AM
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odds are unless you live in a large metropolitan area the homeless population of LA is bigger than the population of your town.

In San Diego they had to bleach the streets after the homeless caused a hepatitis outbreak.
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Eat More Beef
12/21/17 12:44:57 AM
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You're acting like they do this sort of thing all the time.

What about the people that start forest fires?

What about someone who forgets that their oven is on and causes a blaze?

Is that the homeless too?
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metralo
12/21/17 12:44:59 AM
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its a shame nothing gets done about the homeless because the government doesnt care about them
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gnome from nome
12/21/17 12:45:20 AM
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DemonBuffet posted...
eggcorn posted...
The Admiral posted...

Maybe time LA starts actually doing something about these homeless camps.

like what


Shipping off to Alaska is a start.

Alaska already has a homeless problem

https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2017/12/03/with-insufficient-shelter-space-anchorage-will-pay-for-overflow-shelter-at-beans-cafe/
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Esrac
12/21/17 12:45:37 AM
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eggcorn posted...
The Admiral posted...

Maybe time LA starts actually doing something about these homeless camps.

like what


Let's bring back labor houses and asylums.
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MC_BatCommander
12/21/17 12:46:00 AM
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Esrac posted...
eggcorn posted...
The Admiral posted...

Maybe time LA starts actually doing something about these homeless camps.

like what


Let's bring back labor houses and asylums.


But... Many would rather die!
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FFVII_REMAKE
12/21/17 12:46:14 AM
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There are no crackheads in Belair.....
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Ivynn
12/21/17 12:46:47 AM
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"If we can't have homes, NO ONE WILL!" - shadowy homeless cabal that started this
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Gamer99z
12/21/17 12:49:04 AM
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iClockwork posted...
"We don't have houses for ourselves so let's take away everyone elses homes too!" - homeless logic.

Ivynn posted...
"If we can't have homes, NO ONE WILL!" - shadowy homeless cabal that started this

The Admiral posted...
Investigators said the fire had not been set deliberately

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J E S U S
12/21/17 1:01:09 AM
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Godnorgosh posted...
Suppose the homeless did cause the fire. If you're Admiral, do you react by continuing to support Republican policies which lead to more homeless people, or do you reevaluate your perspective?


Yes good old republican California sure helped these people out
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eggcorn
12/21/17 1:05:18 AM
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Godnorgosh posted...
Suppose the homeless did cause the fire. If you're Admiral, do you react by continuing to support Republican policies which lead to more homeless people, or do you reevaluate your perspective?

what a dumb thing to say
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EnragedSlith
12/21/17 1:08:27 AM
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Well if you want to get rid of the homeless problem, give them homes. Not hard
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MakoReizei
12/21/17 1:13:33 AM
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why are posters so defensive of homeless ppl itt.

the tc merely pointed out it was them who started the fire.
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gnome from nome
12/21/17 1:16:59 AM
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Why did the Admiral post a story that was published on December 12??!
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The Admiral
12/21/17 2:07:06 AM
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Godnorgosh posted...
MakoReizei posted...
why are posters so defensive of homeless ppl itt.

the tc merely pointed out it was them who started the fire.


It's not even so much that anyone's defending them. But it seems to me that if you think the homeless are causing problems, you probably shouldn't support legislation that effectively shifts wealth upward.


No one in CA is doing that. Their left-wing policies have been completely ineffective at solving this issue.
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CableZL
12/21/17 2:28:42 AM
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The Admiral posted...
This fire caused $90 million in damage.

To be fair, that's only like 3 houses in California

2 if they owned Macs
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SomeLikeItHoth
12/21/17 2:29:23 AM
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Liberal politics are the reason so many people are homeless. This state needs to sort its shit out.
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hockeybub89
12/21/17 2:36:09 AM
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I agree. We need to demand a lot more from our government to help at-risk populations.
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twitterfriends
12/21/17 2:53:26 AM
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This might be lazy investigating too, bridge fires are blamed on homeless people but never people who throw cigarettes out the window. Also Ive seen careless campers who trash and leave open fire pits without being properly extinguished its always easy to blame some homeless. And Ive even seen homeless do good like direct traffic and report crime.
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3khc
12/21/17 2:54:22 AM
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Lol blame the homeless.
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008Zulu
12/21/17 3:00:09 AM
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*extinguishes his flamethrower*

Yes... homeless people.
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fuzzylittlbunny
12/21/17 3:34:42 AM
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CrimsonRage posted...
eggcorn posted...
The Admiral posted...

Maybe time LA starts actually doing something about these homeless camps.

like what


send them to Hawaii

We have enough homeless people here :<
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FLUFFYGERM
12/21/17 3:41:09 AM
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Imagine being insane enough to blame capitalism for California's homeless problem, and at the same time champion Marxism/communism which has been proven more than once to make everyone homeless and poor.
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gunplagirl
12/21/17 4:09:34 AM
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Other states literally send the homeless one way tickets to California. And policies keep on trying to push them out of the public eye which is what further intensifies things like that STI epidemic a few months back. Maybe don't support policies that make people more likely to be one medical bill away from homelessness?
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gunplagirl
12/21/17 4:12:00 AM
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FLUFFYGERM posted...
Imagine being insane enough to blame capitalism for California's homeless problem, and at the same time champion Marxism/communism which has been proven more than once to make everyone homeless and poor.

"Proven" "everyone"
lol
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einegutePerson
12/21/17 4:12:02 AM
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gunplagirl posted...
Other states literally send the homeless one way tickets to California.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2zGFXaPn0o

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gunplagirl
12/21/17 4:13:05 AM
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einegutePerson posted...
gunplagirl posted...
Other states literally send the homeless one way tickets to California.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2zGFXaPn0o

Less apocalyptic but yeah, basically.
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cjsdowg
12/21/17 4:15:37 AM
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They could have given them all homes for less than that and this would not have happened.
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FLUFFYGERM
12/21/17 4:17:03 AM
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gunplagirl posted...
FLUFFYGERM posted...
Imagine being insane enough to blame capitalism for California's homeless problem, and at the same time champion Marxism/communism which has been proven more than once to make everyone homeless and poor.

"Proven" "everyone"
lol


Yes.

cjsdowg posted...
They could have given them all homes for less than that and this would not have happened.


If the government just doled out homes to anyone to keep them from becoming homeless, that would degrade the economy.
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gunplagirl
12/21/17 4:17:23 AM
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cjsdowg posted...
They could have given them all homes for less than that and this would not have happened.

But how can we afford to give billions in kickbacks to the ultra rich if we spent just a few million housing people?
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YugiNoob
12/21/17 4:18:14 AM
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cjsdowg posted...
They could have given them all homes for less than that and this would not have happened.

Cool, can I get a free house too?
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gunplagirl
12/21/17 4:19:14 AM
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FLUFFYGERM posted...
gunplagirl posted...
FLUFFYGERM posted...
Imagine being insane enough to blame capitalism for California's homeless problem, and at the same time champion Marxism/communism which has been proven more than once to make everyone homeless and poor.

"Proven" "everyone"
lol


Yes.

cjsdowg posted...
They could have given them all homes for less than that and this would not have happened.


If the government just doled out homes to anyone to keep them from becoming homeless, that would degrade the economy.


Even if you have a hard on hate boner for communism, you'd at least say that the people who rule in a communist society get stuff while everyone else suffers.

And go ahead and explain how it would downgrade the economy. *points at Switzerland*
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Crazyman93
12/21/17 4:28:22 AM
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The Admiral posted...
Maybe time LA starts actually doing something about these homeless camps. This fire caused $90 million in damage.

Maybe. And maybe California should stop being a paragon of the green movement and let the people whose job is to fight those fires do things to prevent them from getting that bad. They weren't allowing controlled burns to clear out brush because MUH AIR POLLUTION and look what happened. Ignoring the fact that forests have been catching fire since before people existed and sending up smoke, we got a fire that dumped even more particulate into the air. Idiots.
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FLUFFYGERM
12/21/17 4:38:14 AM
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gunplagirl posted...
FLUFFYGERM posted...
gunplagirl posted...
FLUFFYGERM posted...
Imagine being insane enough to blame capitalism for California's homeless problem, and at the same time champion Marxism/communism which has been proven more than once to make everyone homeless and poor.

"Proven" "everyone"
lol


Yes.

cjsdowg posted...
They could have given them all homes for less than that and this would not have happened.


If the government just doled out homes to anyone to keep them from becoming homeless, that would degrade the economy.


Even if you have a hard on hate boner for communism, you'd at least say that the people who rule in a communist society get stuff while everyone else suffers.

And go ahead and explain how it would downgrade the economy. *points at Switzerland*


I have as much of a hate boner for communism as I do Nazism. Both are equally deplorable and evil worldviews, with communism possibly being even worse due to its body count.

Switzerland is not a communist country. Last I checked they had the most millionaires per 1000 households. They are a VERY wealthy country that can afford a solid safety net due to their small population and heavy reliance on a capitalistic global economy.
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