Grantville woman raises fire concerns over encampments along San Diego River

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — A Grantville woman is demanding action from the city after discovering dozens of encampments along the San Diego riverbed just below her property. She says the fire risk they pose could cost her everything.

Michele Addington lives at the top of a hill overlooking the riverbed. After two fires in the area in mid-June and just last week, she walked down to assess the situation herself. What she found was tents, bicycles, shopping carts, trash and even a BBQ.

“The more you go in, the more homeless camps you found, and sometimes there are no tents, there’s just garbage everywhere,” Addington said…

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