Austin fire crews recently responded to three different brush fires on the same day, two of which were confirmed to have been started in homeless camps.
As a result, AFD has decided to staff four extra brush trucks.
As for the ongoing threat of homeless encampment fires, Smith says the department works closely with the city’s homeless strategy division team to identify the dangerous encampments. The city of Austin sent the following statement to FOX 7 Austin about the response to homeless encampment fires:
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