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Fire at Minneapolis encampment spreads to nearby home
A large fire engulfed a homeless encampment in Minneapolis on Tuesday night ((December 10)) and spread to a neighboring home.
Authorities did not report any injuries, but said eight people were displaced from the home that caught fire. Fire officials did not say how many people were displaced from the encampment.
Minneapolis fire crews responded to the fire on the 2400 block of 15th Avenue South ((about 4 blocks south of Franklin and 2 blocks west of Bloomington Ave --nmmi)) at about 10:30 p.m. Crews arrived to find several tents in the encampment fully engulfed in flames and propane tanks exploding, as well as the neighboring home that had caught fire.
In a press release, the fire department said another neighboring home was damaged by the heat of the fire melting its siding — but the flames did not spread to that home.
A little more: https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/12/11/encampment-fire-spreads-to-minneapolis-home
Authorities did not report any injuries, but said eight people were displaced from the home that caught fire. Fire officials did not say how many people were displaced from the encampment.
Minneapolis fire crews responded to the fire on the 2400 block of 15th Avenue South ((about 4 blocks south of Franklin and 2 blocks west of Bloomington Ave --nmmi)) at about 10:30 p.m. Crews arrived to find several tents in the encampment fully engulfed in flames and propane tanks exploding, as well as the neighboring home that had caught fire.
In a press release, the fire department said another neighboring home was damaged by the heat of the fire melting its siding — but the flames did not spread to that home.
A little more: https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/12/11/encampment-fire-spreads-to-minneapolis-home
Elon Musk calls homelessness a ‘lie’ and ‘propaganda’ — and Trump is listening, The Independent, 12/11/24
https://www.msn.com/en-au/politics/government/elon-musk-calls-homelessness-a-lie-and-propaganda-and-trump-is-listening/ar-AA1vIcWK
... The world’s wealthiest person has repeatedly suggested that he believes the government he will be assisting is behind a global conspiracy to make more people homeless in order to enrich the organizations working to end homelessness.
“The ‘save the homeless’ NGOs are often paid according to how many homeless people are on the streets, thus creating a strong financial incentive for them to maximize the number of homeless people and never actually solve the problem!” he wrote on December 10.
“The ‘save the homeless’ NGOs are often paid according to how many homeless people are on the streets, thus creating a strong financial incentive for them to maximize the number of homeless people and never actually solve the problem!” he wrote on December 10.
etc. etc.
Ramaswamy has suggested putting $1 billion on the chopping block for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or food stamps, one of the most critical safety net programs for poor Americans and families. Roughly 75 percent of recipients are in poverty, and more than 20 percent have reported no other income other than those benefits.
Musk and Ramaswamy are also reportedly mulling cuts to federal healthcare programs for lower-income Americans and children — programs that homeless Americans also are entitled to.
Musk and Ramaswamy are also reportedly mulling cuts to federal healthcare programs for lower-income Americans and children — programs that homeless Americans also are entitled to.