Fire burns down Los Angeles home taken over by squatters
FOX 11 Los Angeles
[{'start': '1.120', 'end': '4.640', 'text': 'New details now on a house in Hollywood'}, {'start': '2.879', 'end': '6.000', 'text': 'that had been taken over by squatters.'}, {'start': '4.640', 'end': '8.400', 'text': "Neighbors have told us that it's been"}, {'start': '6.000', 'end': '10.240', 'text': 'the scene of several fires and today,'}, {'start': '8.400', 'end': '12.480', 'text': 'look at that. The house burned to the'}, {'start': '10.240', 'end': '14.320', 'text': "ground. Fox 11's Matthew Sedorf was the"}, {'start': '12.480', 'end': '17.600', 'text': 'first to report on this live at the'}, {'start': '14.320', 'end': '19.199', 'text': 'scene in Hollywood tonight. Matthew?'}, {'start': '17.600', 'end': '20.960', 'text': 'Yeah, we were out here this time last'}, {'start': '19.199', 'end': '22.320', 'text': 'week speaking with concerned residents'}, {'start': '20.960', 'end': '23.760', 'text': 'trying to get answers. And you can see'}, {'start': '22.320', 'end': '26.560', 'text': 'the home that we were talking about last'}, {'start': '23.760', 'end': '28.960', 'text': 'week is now gone. Just a giant pile of'}, {'start': '26.560', 'end': '30.560', 'text': 'rubble. The home next to it is also'}, {'start': '28.960', 'end': '32.480', 'text': 'vacant. Squatters have been breaking in'}, {'start': '30.560', 'end': '35.200', 'text': 'and out of there, and neighbors worry'}, {'start': '32.480', 'end': '35.200', 'text': 'this could get'}, {'start': '35.960', 'end': '40.640', 'text': 'worse. For the fourth time in about two'}, {'start': '38.640', 'end': '44.000', 'text': 'weeks, flames erupt from a Hollywood'}, {'start': '40.640', 'end': '46.800', 'text': 'home taken over by squatters.'}, {'start': '44.000', 'end': '49.840', 'text': "LFD Thursday forced to tear down what's"}, {'start': '46.800', 'end': '51.039', 'text': "left. It's almost comical, you know, so"}, {'start': '49.840', 'end': '54.000', 'text': "I'm kind of laughing a little bit"}, {'start': '51.039', 'end': '56.800', 'text': 'because it is like a joke except for'}, {'start': '54.000', 'end': '58.480', 'text': "we've been tortured over it. Gene Rice"}, {'start': '56.800', 'end': '60.079', 'text': 'is one of several neighbors on Wilton'}, {'start': '58.480', 'end': '63.080', 'text': 'who have complained to city leaders for'}, {'start': '60.079', 'end': '67.280', 'text': 'months about these vacant homes. The'}, {'start': '63.080', 'end': '69.200', 'text': 'police can come onto this property.'}, {'start': '67.280', 'end': '71.680', 'text': 'Squatterers seizing the houses with no'}, {'start': '69.200', 'end': '74.000', 'text': 'regard to law.'}, {'start': '71.680', 'end': '77.200', 'text': 'Residents repeatedly recording nudity.'}, {'start': '74.000', 'end': '79.520', 'text': 'Wow. Oh my god. And recently large'}, {'start': '77.200', 'end': '81.600', 'text': 'fires. If there are abandoned buildings'}, {'start': '79.520', 'end': '83.759', 'text': "on a street, it can't be like lying"}, {'start': '81.600', 'end': '85.840', 'text': 'there for a year without being knocked'}, {'start': '83.759', 'end': '87.840', 'text': 'down because people who have no homes,'}, {'start': '85.840', 'end': '89.680', 'text': "they're going to go in the buildings."}, {'start': '87.840', 'end': '91.680', 'text': 'Neighbors say this building on Wilton,'}, {'start': '89.680', 'end': '94.159', 'text': 'close to the vacant homes, is a housing'}, {'start': '91.680', 'end': '96.079', 'text': 'hotel for the recently homeless. We'}, {'start': '94.159', 'end': '97.759', 'text': "can't just be putting homeless people in"}, {'start': '96.079', 'end': '100.079', 'text': 'a building just to pat our numbers and'}, {'start': '97.759', 'end': '103.439', 'text': "say they're off the street. There has to"}, {'start': '100.079', 'end': '105.200', 'text': 'be a legitimate program in place to deal'}, {'start': '103.439', 'end': '107.600', 'text': 'with if they have drug problems, to deal'}, {'start': '105.200', 'end': '109.439', 'text': 'with mental illness.'}, {'start': '107.600', 'end': '111.200', 'text': 'When Fox 11 first reported on the'}, {'start': '109.439', 'end': '112.960', 'text': 'problem at Wilton last week, a'}, {'start': '111.200', 'end': '115.280', 'text': 'spokesperson from City Council District'}, {'start': '112.960', 'end': '117.439', 'text': "13, Hugo Sodto Martinez's office sent us"}, {'start': '115.280', 'end': '118.880', 'text': 'a statement saying they were working'}, {'start': '117.439', 'end': '121.360', 'text': 'urgently with the Department of Building'}, {'start': '118.880', 'end': '123.040', 'text': 'and Safety to declare this property a'}, {'start': '121.360', 'end': '124.640', 'text': 'nuisance. Can we talk with you for a'}, {'start': '123.040', 'end': '126.159', 'text': "minute? Actually, I can't talk to you"}, {'start': '124.640', 'end': '128.800', 'text': "now because I'm working. Nearby"}, {'start': '126.159', 'end': '130.560', 'text': 'residents tell us this LABS inspector at'}, {'start': '128.800', 'end': '133.040', 'text': 'the scene has been assigned to these'}, {'start': '130.560', 'end': '136.239', 'text': 'abandoned homes for weeks that now look'}, {'start': '133.040', 'end': '137.879', 'text': 'like this. Could more have been done?'}, {'start': '136.239', 'end': '140.959', 'text': "There's always more to do and there's"}, {'start': '137.879', 'end': '145.319', 'text': "always less to do. I don't know what to"}, {'start': '140.959', 'end': '145.319', 'text': "tell you. We're doing what we can."}, {'start': '145.599', 'end': '150.640', 'text': 'Oddly enough, LAPD SWAT Thursday using'}, {'start': '148.400', 'end': '152.519', 'text': "the vacant home that didn't burn for a"}, {'start': '150.640', 'end': '155.200', 'text': 'training'}, {'start': '152.519', 'end': '157.440', 'text': "exercise. Well, neighbors still don't"}, {'start': '155.200', 'end': '159.440', 'text': 'have answers. I know this is happening'}, {'start': '157.440', 'end': '162.400', 'text': 'all over the city. There has to be a'}, {'start': '159.440', 'end': '164.560', 'text': 'better solution.'}, {'start': '162.400', 'end': '166.720', 'text': 'A spokesperson from the District 13'}, {'start': '164.560', 'end': '168.480', 'text': "Councilman's office says the city needs"}, {'start': '166.720', 'end': '170.480', 'text': 'to speed up the process to declare'}, {'start': '168.480', 'end': '172.160', 'text': 'properties a nuisance, but people out'}, {'start': '170.480', 'end': '173.920', 'text': 'here tell me they want real'}, {'start': '172.160', 'end': '177.840', 'text': 'accountability. Reporting live tonight,'}, {'start': '173.920', 'end': '177.840', 'text': 'Matthew Sedorf, Fox 11 News.'}]