Fire Fears Increase As Decreasing Temperatures Drive Shelter-Seeking Squatters Into Vacant Homes

In Evansville, Indiana, WEHT-TV Channel 25 reports:

• With the nights turning colder, people are heading inside to stay warm. Especially the local homeless. That's what happened at 1117 West Delaware, before the house caught fire. Two weeks ago, homeless people broke into the vacant property and started a fire in a five gallon bucket to get warm. "When it gets colder, it is a problem," says Evansville Fire Department spokesperson, Dan Grimm. "As it gets colder in December and January, we'll probably see it more."

For more, see Local Homeless Seek Shelter in Vacant Houses.

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