Fresno crews battle fire at a vacant, boarded-up home

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A vacant, boarded-up cardinal Fresno location that has seen aggregate fires successful the past burned Thursday night, according to the Fresno Fire Department.

Michael Zimmerman, Fire Captain, with Fresno Fire Department, said fire crews responded to the country of Buckingham Way and Effie Street astir 10:30 p.m. Thursday.

Buckingham Way and Effie Street.

Zimmerman says they person seen at least four fires successful the past astatine this home, each of which were caused by homeless activity. The location had extended damage.

“A batch of times, we spot with these vacant structures, we'll person unhoused individuals get wrong the gathering for shelter. And portion successful there, they'll commencement tiny fires for cooking,” said Captain Zimmerman.

Zimmerman says the location was nether construction. There were unfastened trenches successful the backyard, and a firefighter fell. That firefighter was not earnestly injured.