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Seattle firefighters have gone to 416 homeless camp fires in 2022 already
SEATTLE – Homeless camp fires continue to pop up nearly every day.
The City of Seattle started recording homeless encampment fire calls in Aug. 2021, recording 126 total fires for the month.
There was 539 recorded homeless camp fire calls between August and Dec. 31, 2021, an average of 3.5 per day or about 107 per month.
The numbers for 2022 do appear better, with 101 calls in January, 80 in February and 79 in March, so far.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/seattle-firefighters-have-gone-to-416-homeless-camp-fires-in-2022-already/ar-AAVGikJ