A fire at a Richmond homeless encampment has raised concerns about the safety of the site and its residents.
There are two growing homeless encampments off Highway 99 in Richmond, on either side of the highway, with one of them sitting atop a jet fuel pipeline.
On Thursday, fire crews were called to the area for a report of an RV on fire in the encampment.
Fire crews found two RVs fully involved when they arrived, located approximately 250 feet from No. 5 Road.
Resident Guylaine Auclair, who spoke to Global News two days ago, claimed to own four trailers and lives at the encampment with her many cats and kittens.
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The City of Richmond said in a update on Thursday that Auclair lost most, if not all, of her trailers in the fire.
They said she is safe and her cats and kittens are also safe and currently with the Richmond Animal Protective Society.
The site has now been determined to be a hazardous materials site.
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“These are Ministry of Transportation lands,” Richmond city councillor Kash Heed said.
“We’ve been asking them to intervene and work with us to remove the dangers in these camps.”
The City of Richmond said bylaws staff have contacted the Ministry of Transportation and ministry staff are currently in senior-level meetings to determine next steps.
“Isn’t it funny how every time I see a scab face crackhead with a stolen bike” I am driving along Salish Drive and West 51st between golf games between Point Grey and Shaughnessy courses. I
At Jay Voorhees.
Maybe you see only the ones that you choose to look at.
But accordingly to public record. “Approximately 30% to 40% of the homeless and vulnerable population in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES) identify as Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, or Inuit), heavily overrepresented compared to making up roughly 2% to 3% of the city’s general population”
Over represented!! 😜
Anonymous – Yeah because the NDP and the Liberals are the direct cause of homelessness in Canada. What about all of the people that were homeless when Stephen Harper was prime Minister? I guess we’ll blame homelessness on the Conservatives from February 6, 2006, to November 4, 2015 😂🤣
Isn’t it funny how every time I see a scab face crackhead with a stolen bike on Granville street it’s a white guy. These pathetic Conservative generalizations are just that… pathetic and desperate. Just like the BC Conservatives and their new NAZl MAGA leader Karen-Lynne Findlay Too funny 🤣
John A Macdonald – Yep and the DTES “community” is mostly white people just like you
Hilarious. Listen that accent. Another French Canadian dirtbag coming to back to live off the back of Vancouverites.
Much the 70% of DTES junkies all came here from parts of BC, Canada or some First Nations “”community””.
Should set up an encampment at the old sanitorium site. Then they would be half way home.
Why does Eby and this NDP government have to wait till something like this happens before dealing with the problem. Money is being spent on something that should never have been allowed to happen in the first place. Why is it that people who don’t pay taxes and live rent free have more rights than the taxpayers in BC.
Hazardous site after fire! What’s the fire got to do with it?
A Cat Lady who owns four trailer living on land for free.
You can’t get more Liberal than that
Another problem that the tax payers will have to pay for.
Well, thats interesting. A day or two ago she was up here bragging about her four trailers, the flowers and her great rent free life and today she has been burnt out. Me thinks it’s not coincidences.
Anyway, that’s one way to get that person to accept social housing. LOL
I guess the public finally has to take matters into their own hands.
Keep sending billions abroad. The left will never help Canadians in need. It’s not the global agenda.