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Portland Fire Has Responded To 1,000+ Homeless-Related Fires

(Portland, OR)  --  Portland Fire and Rescue is responding to an alarming number of homeless-related fires.  New numbers show firefighters have put out more than one-thousand fires in Portland over the past three years, all homeless-related.  The latest was on Monday when a camp went up in flames and about half an hour later the roof of a nearby home ignited.  Officials say most of the calls are from garbage fires, fires caused by squatters, homeless camps and other homeless-related causes.

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