An deserted home in Hollywood that was taken over by a gaggle of homeless squatters lately burned down, in a growth that ought to shock completely nobody.
Neighbors repeatedly complained to 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’ll assume 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 residence burns down after string of fires allegedly brought on by squatters
A vacant Hollywood residence burned down Thursday, one week after FOX 11 was first to report on homeless squatters taking up the constructing.
Thursday morning’s damaging blaze alongside the 1700 block of Wilton was the fourth hearth on the location in about two weeks.
“It’s virtually comical,” mentioned Jeanne Rice, a neighbor. “I’m sort of laughing just a little bit, as a result of it’s like a joke. We’ve been tortured over it.”
Rice is one among a number of neighbors on Wilton who’ve complained to metropolis officers for months about two vacant properties on the road taken over by squatters.
Close by residents have reported public drug use, fixed nudity, giant fires, and a common disregard for legal guidelines.
“If there are deserted buildings on the road, they’ll’t be mendacity there for like a yr with out being knocked down,” mentioned Carolita Blythe, one other neighbor. “As a result of, individuals with out properties are going to enter the buildings.”
See the video report beneath:
LATEST: One of many properties 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 1000’s of properties in southern California earlier this yr, 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 totally predictable failure.
