As Bay Area homeless camps grow, so does fire danger
“Tyu Walker lost his home, $600 in savings and his mother’s obituary when his tent in a West Berkeley encampment went up in flames. Distraught and angry, 44-year-old Walker left the ruins behind and headed to Oakland, where he moved into an RV someone had abandoned along Wood Street. For a while, life was looking up. He started repairing his new home and got a job with a junk removal company.”