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Homeless Encampment at Venice Pier Causes Fire; Pier Fixed and Reopened Saturday

(Photo courtesy of Peter Ruiz.)

(Photo courtesy of Wolf Seeberg.)

Peter Ruiz, the Venice Pier volunteer, arrived at the Venice pier at 5:10 am Tuesday to find firemen putting out the fire and treating a person of interest. Ruiz says pier was fixed and reopened Saturday at 7:30 am.

Darryl DuFay found a short, 10-second video, msn.com, of the event by a CBS correspondent. DuFay says “It was an electrical fire caused by a person under the pier trying to tap into power.”

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Venice guy

July 4, 2018 at 10:29 am

Vote out Bonin. That’s the only to get rid of the homeless.

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#RespectVenice

July 2, 2018 at 12:59 pm

Please sign this petition to the City of Los Angeles to halt the concentration of projects into Venice, and forward to your like minded friends!

https://www.change.org/p/eric-garcetti-mike-bonin-build-new-homeless-services-in-every-la-district-11-neighborhood-not-just-venice

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