Fire reported at homeless camp in Asheville woods, Asheville NC

Fire reported at homeless camp in Asheville woods

Fire & Arson

Reported: 07/29/2025 12:14 PM (PDT)

Asheville, NC

Audio|Source: Asheville Fire

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Transcript:
Thank you, patience, 10101. 101, go ahead. This fire's been put out by the homeless camp there. Will you please send a community responder out to speak with these people? On fire two, we got a direct worker out. Thank you, CR2. Thank you, CR2. They're going to be directly in the middle of a patch of woods between the I-40 overpass and McDonald's. Copy that cap, thank you. Quick, (name withheld), go ahead. It'd be a good idea to send APD by there as well. It looked like there was a lot of stolen goods outside their camp. Okay, I'll go ahead and send it over to. Thank you, Ken, clearing available.

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