![]() ![]() "That's astronomical numbers," Jones told the committee. Another man, too, is in hospital with less serious injuries from the incident.ĭuring the committee meeting, David Jones, the city's branch manager for committee standards and neighbourhoods, said the number of encampment complaints the city has received so far in 2023 is about 14,800. One person was taken to hospital with burns after several propane tanks exploded.Įarly Monday, police and firefighters responded to reports of multiple explosions and someone screaming in an alley near 112 Street and 105 Avenue, where they found a man engulfed in flames. ![]() This past Friday, police on duty at the downtown Herb Jamieson Centre attended a large fire among nearby encampments. 4-5, two people died in separate tent fires in the city's core. "How many fires do we actually have to see here? The encampment strategy needs to be, we need to get enough resources to actually take them down and then figure out if those that want to be housed can be housed, can some of them be sent home, etc." "Quite frankly, it's just not safe to be camping outside right now," Edmonton Police Service Chief Dale McFee said to the city police commission following a discussion of an EPS crime-reduction program. In the wake of recent deadly fires at encampments around Edmonton, never mind inevitable frigid weather, Edmonton's police chief said at a meeting Thursday that a coordinated city effort is needed to "take down" camps. ![]()
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