Propane tanks sparked a fire at a homeless encampment leading dozens to seek shelter as our temps drop below zero.

County officials removed 68 homeless residents from a South Los Angeles encampment during a recent operation. The effort, led by L.A. County’s Pathway Home program, was conducted with the help of local agencies and the county’s sheriff and fire departments from Nov.

A fire raged through a large homeless encampment Tuesday night in south Minneapolis, also damaging two neighboring homes and displacing residents of a burned house and the camp’s occupants. Minneapolis fire crews responded about 10:30 p.

Eight people are out of their home and dozens more are out of a south Minneapolis encampment after multiple propane tanks caught fire on Tuesday night.

Crews arrived to find several tents in the encampment fully engulfed in flames and propane tanks exploding, as well as a neighboring home that had caught fire.

Minneapolis is investigating a fire that broke out just before 10:30 p.m. Tuesday after a call about exploding propane tanks near a homeless encampment.

The Minneapolis Fire Department says a large fire has destroyed a homeless encampment and caused eight people living inside a nearby home to become displaced after flames spread late Tuesday night.