Squatter house in Hollywood demolished after fire
KTLA 5
[{'start': '3.135', 'end': '7.606', 'text': "TO GET IN. NO ARRESTS HAVE   BEEN MADE.   >> WE'RE FOLLOWING DEVELOPING   NEWS IN HOLLYWOOD WHERE AN   ABANDONED 2 STORY HOUSE WENT   UP IN FLAMES OVERNIGHT   CONCERNED NEIGHBORS COMPLAINED   FOR MONTHS ABOUT SQUATTERS   USING THAT HOUSE AS A DRUG DEN   KTLA ELLINA ABOVIAN IS LIVE IN   HOLLYWOOD WHERE SHE SPOKE WITH   RESIDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN TRYING   TO GET THE CITY TO TEAR DOWN   THE BUILDING FOR MONTHS NOW   ALINA.   >> MIKE AS SHARON GOOD   EVENING. THAT'S RIGHT WOULD   RESIDENTS WERE AFRAID WHAT   HAPPENED DID HAPPEN HERE NOW   TAKE A LOOK BEHIND ME THIS IS   THE HOME THAT WENT UP IN   FLAMES RIGHT NEXT TO IT IS   ANOTHER VACANT HOUSE AND   THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON WE'VE   BEEN SEEING OTHER TRANSIENTS   COMING BY WONDERING WHY THEIR   HANGOUT SPOT IS NO LONGER   HERE.   >> THIS COULD HAVE LITERALLY   BEEN ARE BUILDING ON FIRE   SOMEBODY BEING KILLED   HOLLYWOOD RESIDENT JEAN RICE   HAS BEEN SOUNDING THE ALARM   FOR MONTHS, CALLING THE CITY   AND POLICE OVER TRANSIENT WHO   HAVE TAKEN OVER THE   NEIGHBORHOOD, REPORTING DRUG   USE NOISE DISTURBING BEHAVIOR   AND SEVERAL FIRES OVER THE   LAST FEW MONTHS. THIS MORNING   WAS THE CULMINATION OF ALL OF   THE RENT HOUSE I WAS ENGULFED   FLAMES NEXT TO US THE   ABANDONED I KNEW I HAD TO GRAB   MY PURSE AND RUN OUT THE DOOR   RIGHT AWAY IT WAS AROUND   02:00AM LAFD RESPONDED TO   MASSIVE FLAMES COMING FROM THE   VACANT HOME NEIGHBOR NEXT DOOR   CAME UP TO ME GIVE ME A HUG   RIGHT BEFORE STARTED TEARING   THE BUILDING DOWN BECAUSE SHE   WAS EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO GO   TO BED IN PAJAMAS AND NOT WEAR   STREET CLOTHES BECAUSE SHE   KNEW SHE HAD BE EVACUATED IN   THE MIDDLE OF NIGHT. SO THAT'S   SAYING SOMETHING THAT'S KIND   OF A ACCORDING TO A REP FROM   COUNCILMAN HUGO SAID OF   MARTINEZ'S OFFICE, THE CITY   HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE   DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING AND   SAFETY TO DECLARE THE PUBLIC   NUISANCE.   >> THE CASE EXPECTED TO GO   BEFORE THE BOARD OF BUILDING   AND SAFETY COMMISSIONERS IN   MAY TO PLACE A LIEN I WISH   THEY TAKE CARE OF YEAR I WOULD   LIKE HOLD THESE DOWN BECAUSE   THESE HOUSES ARE IN CASE FOR   YEARS THE CONCERN NOW IS THE   OTHER VACANT BUILDINGS ON THE   STREET AND SOMETHING LIKE THIS   HAPPENING AGAIN IT'S FAILURE   OF THE CITY AND IT'S A FAILURE   OF THE DEVELOPERS THEY NEED TO   KEEP PEOPLE OUT IT'S A FAILURE   OF THE LA DPS BECAUSE THEY'RE   NOT IMPOSING FINES ON THE THE   DEVELOPERS.   >> IT'S IT'S A FAILURE OF ALL   THESE PARTIES TOGETHER THEY    NEED TO COME UP WITH BETTER   RESOLUTIONS AND WAYS OF   HANDLING THINGS AND IT NEEDS   TO BE DONE QUICKER AND WHEN   THERE'S RESIDENTS ARE   COMPLAINING THAT THEIR LIVES   ARE BEING AFFECTED AND THAT   THEIR LIVES ARE BEING   ENDANGERED THEY NEED TO ACT   FAST.   >> NOW AT THIS POINT WE DON'T   KNOW EXACTLY WHAT CAUSED"}]