Neighbors blame squatters for Hollywood house fire
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[{'start': '0.080', 'end': '2.879', 'text': 'Thank you. Neighbors in Hollywood'}, {'start': '1.199', 'end': '4.400', 'text': 'believe squatters are behind a fire that'}, {'start': '2.879', 'end': '6.160', 'text': 'destroyed a house and forced others to'}, {'start': '4.400', 'end': '7.520', 'text': 'evacuate early this morning. Yeah, the'}, {'start': '6.160', 'end': '9.599', 'text': 'official investigation is still'}, {'start': '7.520', 'end': '11.360', 'text': 'underway, but people living there say'}, {'start': '9.599', 'end': '14.000', 'text': "they're fed up and they want change."}, {'start': '11.360', 'end': '17.199', 'text': "NBC4's Karma Dickerson live in Hollywood"}, {'start': '14.000', 'end': '18.720', 'text': 'for us. Karma.'}, {'start': '17.199', 'end': '20.560', 'text': "Hi. The house we're talking about is"}, {'start': '18.720', 'end': '22.560', 'text': "just over my shoulder. It's all fenced"}, {'start': '20.560', 'end': '24.560', 'text': 'up now that investigators have finally'}, {'start': '22.560', 'end': '26.400', 'text': "cleared out of here, but neighbors can't"}, {'start': '24.560', 'end': '28.240', 'text': 'forget those terrifying early morning'}, {'start': '26.400', 'end': '30.000', 'text': 'moments when the fire broke out.'}, {'start': '28.240', 'end': '33.360', 'text': 'Nevertheless, they say there was nothing'}, {'start': '30.000', 'end': '35.680', 'text': 'surprising about what happened.'}, {'start': '33.360', 'end': '37.760', 'text': 'About two in the morning is when I got a'}, {'start': '35.680', 'end': '39.600', 'text': 'knock on the door or more of a pounding'}, {'start': '37.760', 'end': '42.000', 'text': 'on the door from a neighbor telling me'}, {'start': '39.600', 'end': '44.800', 'text': 'that it was that I needed to get out of'}, {'start': '42.000', 'end': '46.879', 'text': 'the house and I ran into my other room.'}, {'start': '44.800', 'end': '49.600', 'text': 'Saw the home completely engulfed in'}, {'start': '46.879', 'end': '51.280', 'text': 'flames, grabbed my purse and ran out.'}, {'start': '49.600', 'end': '53.120', 'text': 'The house fire on Wilton Place in'}, {'start': '51.280', 'end': '55.199', 'text': 'Hollywood happened in the dark of night,'}, {'start': '53.120', 'end': '56.879', 'text': 'but neighbors had long seen it coming.'}, {'start': '55.199', 'end': '59.440', 'text': 'They say this is hardly the first fire'}, {'start': '56.879', 'end': '62.000', 'text': 'on this block or even on that property.'}, {'start': '59.440', 'end': '64.000', 'text': "Every other week. Yeah. Yeah. It's"}, {'start': '62.000', 'end': '66.159', 'text': 'pretty concerning. The space is supposed'}, {'start': '64.000', 'end': '68.520', 'text': 'to be abandoned, but neighbors say it'}, {'start': '66.159', 'end': '71.360', 'text': 'was anything but. Previously, it was the'}, {'start': '68.520', 'end': '73.920', 'text': 'encampments, uh, those have all burned.'}, {'start': '71.360', 'end': '76.240', 'text': 'And when those fires happened, a lot of'}, {'start': '73.920', 'end': '79.080', 'text': 'those people, we believe, ended up in'}, {'start': '76.240', 'end': '82.880', 'text': 'these buildings on Wilton. They always'}, {'start': '79.080', 'end': '84.960', 'text': 'come push them out uh put a new fence'}, {'start': '82.880', 'end': '86.240', 'text': 'and then they come back the night uh the'}, {'start': '84.960', 'end': '87.920', 'text': 'same night. The homeless people would'}, {'start': '86.240', 'end': '89.600', 'text': 'come back the same night and then they'}, {'start': '87.920', 'end': '91.600', 'text': "would like cut in the fence. Today's"}, {'start': '89.600', 'end': '93.040', 'text': 'fire was so bad after putting it out,'}, {'start': '91.600', 'end': '94.240', 'text': 'firefighters had to demolish the'}, {'start': '93.040', 'end': '96.400', 'text': 'building because of the risk of'}, {'start': '94.240', 'end': '98.159', 'text': 'collapse. An official cause of fire has'}, {'start': '96.400', 'end': '100.000', 'text': 'not yet been determined, but neighbors'}, {'start': '98.159', 'end': '102.400', 'text': "feel pretty strongly they know what's to"}, {'start': '100.000', 'end': '104.079', 'text': 'blame. We need to go in and get the'}, {'start': '102.400', 'end': '106.079', 'text': 'people as soon as they break in, arrest'}, {'start': '104.079', 'end': '108.479', 'text': "them, and put them in jail. I don't"}, {'start': '106.079', 'end': '110.479', 'text': "care. I don't have any compassion or"}, {'start': '108.479', 'end': '112.640', 'text': 'empathy left in my soul about this'}, {'start': '110.479', 'end': '114.479', 'text': 'because I feel this terrified. The house'}, {'start': '112.640', 'end': '116.240', 'text': 'is gone now, but neighbors say they'}, {'start': '114.479', 'end': '117.759', 'text': "won't sleep any easier. Oh, it's not"}, {'start': '116.240', 'end': '119.920', 'text': "going to quiet down. It's been like that"}, {'start': '117.759', 'end': '123.360', 'text': 'for weeks and this is just one of four'}, {'start': '119.920', 'end': '125.520', 'text': 'houses that is troublesome.'}, {'start': '123.360', 'end': '127.119', 'text': "So, we're in Council District 13, and a"}, {'start': '125.520', 'end': '128.720', 'text': 'spokesperson from that office sent us a'}, {'start': '127.119', 'end': '130.800', 'text': 'statement about this matter, saying,'}, {'start': '128.720', 'end': '132.640', 'text': '"Currently, until a property is formally'}, {'start': '130.800', 'end': '134.480', 'text': 'declared as a public nuisance, the city'}, {'start': '132.640', 'end': '136.160', 'text': 'is only allowed to access private'}, {'start': '134.480', 'end': '138.160', 'text': 'property during an immediate public'}, {'start': '136.160', 'end': '140.319', 'text': 'safety emergency, like an actively'}, {'start': '138.160', 'end': '142.000', 'text': 'burning fire. As a city, we need to fix'}, {'start': '140.319', 'end': '143.680', 'text': 'this broken system and speed up the'}, {'start': '142.000', 'end': '145.760', 'text': 'process to declare dangerous properties'}, {'start': '143.680', 'end': '148.239', 'text': 'a public nuisance so we can act faster'}, {'start': '145.760', 'end': '149.760', 'text': 'and keep our community safe." Some more'}, {'start': '148.239', 'end': '151.920', 'text': 'context. They say the house that burned'}, {'start': '149.760', 'end': '154.319', 'text': 'was slated to be discussed as a nuisance'}, {'start': '151.920', 'end': '156.160', 'text': 'property in a meeting in this May. And'}, {'start': '154.319', 'end': '157.840', 'text': 'then the house right next to it, which'}, {'start': '156.160', 'end': '159.280', 'text': 'you can see also has some issues. And'}, {'start': '157.840', 'end': '161.760', 'text': "neighbors say there's plenty of squatter"}, {'start': '159.280', 'end': '163.760', 'text': 'problems there as well, is also on that'}, {'start': '161.760', 'end': '165.760', 'text': 'list to be discussed at the end of May'}, {'start': '163.760', 'end': '167.120', 'text': 'and declared a public nuisance.'}, {'start': '165.760', 'end': '170.560', 'text': 'Reporting live in Hollywood, Karma'}, {'start': '167.120', 'end': '170.560', 'text': "Dickerson, NBC4 News. What's"}]