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Traffic halted as Oakland firefighters put out blaze at homeless camp
KTVU ^ | jULY 11, 2022 | Tom Vacar

Posted on 07/11/2022 4:29:02 PM PDT by artichokegrower

OAKLAND, Calif. - Traffic was a mess Monday morning as Oakland firefighters responded to a second-alarm fire at a well known homeless encampment that regularly erupts in flames

Smoke was seen billowing from the freeway near the blaze at 34th and Wood streets, which sparked around 10:30 a.m.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: localnews
Images from the conflict in Ukraine. Oh wait no it's Oakland, CA. My bad.
1 posted on 07/11/2022 4:29:02 PM PDT by artichokegrower
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To: artichokegrower

Oh my, it looks like it would have done about $10,000 worth of improvement if they had let it continue.


2 posted on 07/11/2022 4:30:48 PM PDT by BipolarBob (I spent 20 yrs. training my monkey to talk and he finally said "A pox on you" and then died.)
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To: artichokegrower

I’ve been on a passenger train passing by that location. It looks much worse than any third-world slum.


3 posted on 07/11/2022 4:58:14 PM PDT by CedarDave (Pfizer's boosters: You just turned your immune system's functionality into a subscription service!)
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under the southern end of the Maze. Google street view has 2016 photos (looks very knarly).


4 posted on 07/11/2022 5:03:39 PM PDT by SteveH (.all)
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To: artichokegrower

Awwwwww, that’s a real shame.


5 posted on 07/11/2022 5:21:45 PM PDT by circlecity
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To: artichokegrower

I saw that movie!


6 posted on 07/11/2022 5:55:41 PM PDT by gr8eman (Abortion! It's just a murderous ghoul thing!)
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