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Yesterday, Beege wrote about the disaster that happened in LA over the weekend. A massive fire broke out under the I-10 freeway in a rented pallet storage yard. Even with 160 firefighters doing their best to put it out, the fire burned for three hours and did significant damage to dozens of concrete pillars that hold up the 10-lane freeway. Assessment is still going on to determine if the cooked section can be repaired or if it will need to be torn down and replaced. Either way it’s a disaster for LA traffic which is already known for being some of the worst in the country.
Suspicion immediately fell upon the homeless people who were living in the immediate vicinity. Homeless camp fires are extremely common in cities up and down the west coast. Sometimes they are the result of people just trying to keep warm and other times they are intentionally set by people as a way to settle disagreements. There was a similar fire in San Francisco just a few months ago. Authorities still haven’t said who was responsible but local residents had reported homeless camp fires in the area prior to the blaze.
Monday afternoon Gov. Newsom held a follow-up press conference in which he announced the fire appeared to be arson.
At 3:30 p.m. Monday, California Gov.
