In L.A., Skid Row’s homeless deal with yet more misery as tents go up in flames
“On the mean streets that collectively are known here as Skid Row, where several thousand homeless men and women wander, the fire was just one of the many that have consumed tents in recent years. Sometimes set by jilted lovers or gang members collecting a debt, other times the result of cooking- or drug-related mishaps, the blazes have destroyed belongings, damaged property and tested the resources of firefighters.”