Homeless Man Burns To Death From Garage Fire

Early this morning, a fire consumed a detached garage behind an apartment building near the Coliseum. The LA Fire Department Blog reports that a sixty-year-old man who was homeless was unfortunately sleeping in that garage and succumbed to the fire.

It makes sense for someone who is stuck living on the streets to find shelter from the night’s cold elements as well as from the threat of harm; a residential garage is better than a sidewalk in Skid Row. But most people wouldn’t think the temporary place of “refuge” would burn down.

This is just another of numerous incidents in the past year that shows the need for more emergency and permanent housing for the homeless here in Los Angeles.