Long Beach firefighters put out the flames at a homeless encampment off the 710 freeway at the Del Amo Boulevard freeway ramp in Long Beach Sunday, February 7, 2021. All the people living in the encampment got out safely. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.
Long Beach firefighters Sunday morning extinguished a blaze that burned through a homeless encampment along the southbound 710 Freeway near Del Amo Boulevard, officials said.
The fire burned more than 5,000 square feet of the freeway embankment, which included the homeless encampment, said Brian Fisk, spokesman for the Long Beach Fire Department.
LBFD dispatched two fire truck engines to the scene at around 10:40 a.m. and firefighters extinguished the fire in about 20 minutes, he said.
No injuries were reported, and authorities were scene to investigate the cause of the fire, Fisk said.
A woman who went by the name of “Karen”, she did not want to give her real name, reacts as she loses her home to a fire, a homeless encampment off the 710 freeway at the Del Amo Boulevard freeway ramp in Long Beach Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021. All the people living in the encampment got out safely. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.A homeless encampment goes up in flames off the 710 freeway at the Del Amo Boulevard freeway ramp in Long Beach Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021. All the people living in the encampment got out safely. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.Long Beach firefighters put out the flames at a homeless encampment off the 710 freeway at the Del Amo Boulevard freeway ramp in Long Beach Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021. All the people living in the encampment got out safely. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.A Long Beach firefighter doughs the flames at a homeless encampment off the 710 freeway at the Del Amo Boulevard freeway ramp in Long Beach Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021. All the people living in the encampment got out safely. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.Smoke fills the air as a Long Beach firefighter puts out the flames at a homeless encampment off the 710 freeway at the Del Amo Boulevard freeway ramp in Long Beach Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021. All the people living in the encampment got out safely. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.Long Beach firefighters mop up a homeless encampment it was engulfed with flames off the 710 freeway at the Del Amo Boulevard freeway ramp in Long Beach Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021. All the people living in the encampment got out safely. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.
