Squatters' house demolished in Hollywood
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[{'start': '3.069', 'end': '7.807', 'text': "CAMERAS LURKING THROUGH THE   COMPLEX BUT HE HAS NOT BEEN   IDENTIFIED THAT ABANDONED   HOLLYWOOD HOME GOES UP IN   FLAMES NEIGHBORS SAY   TRANSIENTS HAVE BEEN SQUATTING   THERE FOR MONTHS USING THE   BOARDED-UP HOME WAS A DRUG   DEN.   >> TONIGHT, THEY'RE CALLING ON   CITY OFFICIALS TO TEAR DOWN   THE OTHER ABANDONED HOMES IN   THE AREA TO PROTECT PUBLIC   SAFETY. FIREFIGHTERS MANAGED   TO PUT OUT THE FULLY ENGULFED   TWO-STOREY HOUSE FIRE BEEN   DEMOLISHED THE CHARRED REMAINS   AS A SAFETY PRECAUTION, BUT   NEIGHBORS SAY IT'S ONLY A   TEMPORARY SOLUTION TO A   SERIOUS PROBLEM. KTLA IS CHRIS   WOLFE IS LIVE IN HOLLYWOOD   WHERE RESIDENTS SAY THEY'VE   HAD ENOUGH.   >> CHRIS.   >> YES CHAIR AND MICAH, A   MAJOR PROBLEM IN THIS   COMMUNITY WENT UP IN FLAMES   AND SMOKE EARLY THIS MORNING   AND THEN LATER CAME CRUMBLING   AND CRASHING DOWN. PROBLEM IS   THERE ARE OTHER VACANT HOMES   OTHER VACANT BUILDINGS ALONG   THIS STREET AND THE PEOPLE WHO   LIVE HERE FEAR THEIR SAFETY IS   STILL AT RISK.   >> THEIR WORST FEARS WERE   REALIZED WITH AN EARLY MORNING   BLAZE AT A VACANT HOME.   NEIGHBORS SAY DRIFTERS   SQUATTERS HAD TAKEN OVER THE   PROPERTY ALONG WILTON PLACE IN   HOLLYWOOD.   >> AND A FIERY CONCLUSION LIKE   THIS ONE AROUND 02:00AM   THURSDAY WAS NO SURPRISE.   DEMOLITION CREWS MOVED IN   AFTER DAYBREAK AND AT THIS   TIME BECAUSE FOR THE CITY AND   FEELING OF SAFETY THEY DEEM   SAFER RENT.   >> THE REASON NEXT MINUTE 2.   GO AHEAD BUILD IT. BYSTANDERS   AND OUR FIREMEN.   >> WE HAD FUN TIMES USED TO   SHOOT COMEDY VIDEOS AND STUFF   HERE I GUESS THAT'S NOT   HAPPENING ANYMORE. THERE'S NOT   ENOUGH AFFORDABLE PLACES TO   LIVE FOR PEOPLE IN THE CITY   AND IT'S GOING TO GET WORSE   NEIGHBORS, TALK ABOUT DRUGS   GUNS, PUBLIC NUDITY POOR KNOW   FILMS PROSTITUTES AND JOHNS   PLAGUING THE COMMUNITY.   >> THEY SAY FLAMES ERUPTED AT   A VACANT HOUSE ON A REGULAR   BASIS AND EXPLAIN THEY PLEADED   WITH CITY LEADERS TO TAKE   ACTION THIS COULD HAVE   LITERALLY BEEN ARE BUILDING ON   FIRE SOMEBODY BEING KILLED TO   SIT I KNEW I HAD TO GRAB MY   PURSE AND RUN OUT THE DOOR   RIGHT AWAY I WISH THEY TAKE   CARE OF YEAR I WISH THEY WOULD   LIKE HOLD THESE PRIOR TO   THURSDAY'S FIRE. THE CITY   COUNCIL MEMBER WHO REPRESENTS   THIS AREA TOLD KTLA HIS OFFICE   WAS TAKING URGENT ACTION TO   ADDRESS PUBLIC SAFETY   CONCERNS.   >> TRYING TO DECLARE THE   PROPERTY A PUBLIC NUISANCE IN   ORDER TO SECURE IT.   >> THERE'S NO LONGER A NEED   FOR ACTION, HOWEVER, PEOPLE   WHO LIVE ALONG WILTON PLACE   ARE STILL WORRIED ABOUT   REMAINING VACANT HOME.   >> AND WE SHOULD KNOW THE   CAUSE OF THIS FIRE IS STILL UN"}]