Residents, activists urge city to enforce rules in no-camping zone in fire-prone Sepulveda Basin.
Pat Bates Treasurer, San Fernando Valley Audubon Society, at the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve in Van Nuys on Wednesday, July 3, 2024. During her recent field trip in the Sepulveda Basin, Pat Bates encountered a fire consuming dry grass and sending dark plumes in the air. Bates and her friend who accompanied her on the walk successfully put out the blaze. But since the incident, Bates has been hesitant about going back to the sprawling fire-prone open space.
She worries that the homeless encampments could potentially trigger a serious blaze in the fire-prone area. Bates and others from the San Fernando Valley Audubon Society are urging elected officials to enforce the rules in the no-camping zone and keep people from setting up propane tanks and other materials that can set off a fire.
LAFD spokesperson Lyndsey Lantz said the fire department was still investigating the cause of the explosion. She added that LAFD and LAPD investigators found suspicious devices. “The city knows that people camp out there,” Glushon said. “They should know that there are propane tanks or other dangerous materials that are capable of exploding. It’s important that city officials take action in places with dangerous fire hazards and risks.”“If you walk through where the encampments have been, if there’s propane tanks everywhere, you don’t know what’s there,” she said.
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