Blaze that guts North Kamloops homeless encampment 'could have been way worse'

[Castanet News]

Firefighters had to cut through a fence to access a blaze on Tuesday night after flames engulfed a homeless encampment along the Thompson River in North...

[Fase]

No! Say it ain't so!!

[Tristan1980]

Thats why you dont smoke crack sitting on a propane tank while trying to use gas to cook down some fentanyl

[Hurricanehazey]

The whole homeless camp is one huge fire hazard with all those brainless crackheads smoking their brain dissolving “ government issued safe supply drugs “ and then nodding off and then the next thing ya know , their sleeping bag catches on fire , then all the stolen goods fuel the fire even more , and then before ya know it , the neighbors tent is on fire , and so on , and so on and so on ,……. I am not trying to be pessimistic or insensitive, but I see no end in sight for all this insanity.I don’t know what the answer is , nut I sure as hell know , that something needs to change and it needs to change now !!

[Casta-Comment]

In case no-oñe's noticed it is freaking cold out there. Could we not put a few burning barrels and a cord of wood in a few spots around the city where the homeless can at least warm their hands?

[pman66]

I understand the need to keep warm but with two fires in two days now, one has to wonder if/when this is going to end in tragedy.

[Teamw7]

Thats why you dont smoke crack sitting on a propane tank while trying to use gas to cook down some fentanyl

Frig! That’s what I’ve been doing wrong. LoL

[dmschmidt]

Crackhead's brains are literally mush. They don't have the sense that God gave a squirrel and act on impulse.
Why does this surprise anyone?