LAFD Engine 64: Van Fire/Rubbish Fire At Homeless Encampment 

As a firefighter with cancer ... Wear your SCBA. All the time!!

I feel like I stepped on a used heroine needle just by looking at this place.

Good thing that’s a non-toxic fire! SCBA folks.

I just don’t understand why these guys never have scba on.

No one wants to be that “weird” smart do and be the only one with a scba on but in 5-10 years wondering why it had to be them to get cancer

Put your SCBA on guys, its safer.

I think I would have had to blow some embers onto some of the other trash piles!

When I see these fires happen to the homeless not only is it devastating for the person who is homeless.....I wonder if someone got tired of them being around..

Why was the fire department called ?

The energy of the firefighters says it all, they dont care, they're annoyed, they dont want to be there, and honestly, I dont blame them.

I'm glad 64 used foam on this fire, but they were idiots for not using their SCBAs given how much toxic smoke there was

The worst fires to fight eith no SCBA ? Is that a Safety Officer ? I don't get it. You don't want to breathe that shit in.

Should have let it burn for another 10-15 minutes.

Homeless encampment what a shock

Last summer a homeless guy set my appartment buildings bin on fire, why is it when some of them get high they set things on fire?????

Lets cure Homelessness! BAN TENTS!!!

How often do they find human remains after putting one of these fires out? I saw the video where the fire extended into a building and causes a major fire. I am sure no one claims ownership of any of this stuff after the fire is out. Not that there is anything salvageable.

Before people start bashing the homeless or California, it is the government and an unfair economic system that caused this problem in the first place. If haters have nothing nice to say, don't say it at all. Good job to the firefighters in putting out this fire.

What a damn disgrace to all of America to have things looking so bad and people having no pride, shame, care to live their lives better. We are a flipping mess. This is the real pandemic in the USA.

Great knock, but please wear your SCBA's.

Why didn't they drive closer?

Van/ rubbish, or someone's home?

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Clean cab initiatives this...

Where are the scba? Also use the hose as a fog

Why dont the firefighters wear their scba when dealing with car fires ?

Bent, broken, unrideable, rusty bicycles are a required fixture of all homeless camps.

Did those idiots ever think that someone may have tossed a hazardous material in that pile? And these are the best of LA's finest?

Clearing encampments one fire at a time........

Great video - nice audio on your equipment.

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at 4:00 dude's bike is flaming!

What is it with Americans and their undone chinstraps?! Do they think that they’re in a John Wayne WW2 movie?

Nice place, I was due a holiday

Welcome to Newsom's California. Where every day is a dumpster fire.

What is the solution to this problem and what do the homeless want? Do they want to get out of their situation or are they happy being homeless?

It's a good thing there weren't magnesium sparks!

What SCBA'S. Unreal

Nozzleman .. needs a handy talkie.

Guess you don't need and SCBA in LA. Must of been one of those cars fires without toxic fumes.

Put all those tents in there next time!🤙🏽

There is NO reason to use a straight stream at that close proximity. Does more damage and shoots burning shit everywhere. Poor firefighting in my opinion. And no SCBA as well. Unprofessional, laziness or ignorance...you choose...

No SCBA's and stupid helmets, the situation is a disgrace to country. Cali, what great a place to live. Put a darn pack on.

Seriously should be wearing SCBA!

Third world arm pit cess pool ! I was in Haiti as part of medical deployment after the earthquake and looks no different 🤦🏽‍♂️

This is what parts of America have come to, a 3rd world country...

I never have been able to understand why most American FF dont pack up on fire scenes.... you arent as affective without air because you cant get as involved with the fire. Plus your breathing all the particles and vapour in.... doesnt make sense to me..

How can any city, town or state allow places like that to exist? I hope LA cleans the area up after this!

I am always amazed at how much junk homeless people amass. The tax payers are the ones who end up paying for the clean up.

I say let it burn, let the fire clean up the place

What a fool not wearing his scba if I was his captain he would get confined to quarters for a month scrubbing pots n pans

SCBA! Get the fucking thing on

how to move and work too slowly ....

Fire department is bad asssss

I didn't know people had 4k cameras in Burundi, Oh wait you say its California? Good on you Cali.

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I think LA should change their name to Homelessville.

Whjy does Los Angeles allow this to happen. I mean the citizens, not the politicians? Why aren’t you people angry??

And yet we have bleeding hearts around here that throw a fit when the city boots out these encampments, most of these people are there by their own bad choices anyways.. although somehow a ford Aerostar seems so fitting for this lol

Why did we extinguish this?

Let it BURN...might spread to the rest of the camp!

sad.

At least it didn’t burn the shitter

This guy needs more training ffs put it out

Is this really what LA looks like now? Jesus.

well shit now there really homeless lol

Let it burn!

boys you look realllll interested in the fire.

See more and more homeless encampment fire across the fire the last 6 months.

hippie gypsy fire.

Newsome Neighborhoods...

I would put the Officer off suspended for not taking care of his men by making them wear their SCBA. Failure to Supervise. .for 25 years I wore mine even with a steel bottle and everyone on my crew did also. Its called taking care of your troops.

No wearing any real ppe on God only knows what their breathing in.

Stopp fire cancer.......

Silly hats and no mask? Yup, must be Cali.

Isnt it best to just allow some fired to burn themselves out, or better yet spread to every other drug addicts encampment?

Certain political parties profit, from this misery! This is a democrat run state. The leaders of the state do not live anywhere near this mess. They live in gated and guarded community’s Thanks from, St. Paul Minnesota.

There is absolutely no good reason why the homeless have all this shit lying around putting other people and homes in danger. Why in the hell do they have to have so much crap and garbage? I feel bad for the homeless but this is absurd and a lot of times they don't care if someone else gets hurt or worse. For a city to put up with this and not clean it up is the result of horrible government. I'm sorry that people are homeless but come on. Stop crowding our streets with your junk and clean up after yourself. We have a bad problem with homelessness up here too and there are constantly encampments burning. It's complete nonsense

a literal dumpster fire