City pulls 16 propane tanks from Vanier Park homeless camp, orders residents out – BC | 24CA News
The City of Vancouver says employees eliminated greater than a dozen propane tanks as they ordered folks sheltering in an encampment in Vanier Park to pack up and transfer on Tuesday.
The transfer got here after a number of media experiences over the weekend in regards to the encampment and complaints from a Kits Point neighbourhood resident.
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“The scale of the homelessness crisis in Vancouver is such that there are people sleeping in tents and other structures in neighbourhoods across the city — this situation in Kitsilano is not unique,” town mentioned in an announcement.
“Park Rangers have tracked a major increase in calls regarding people sheltering in parks. Comparing January 2022 to January 2023, they saw an increase in calls from 186 to 322.”
It added that metropolis employees had visited the location quite a few instances earlier than and had been working with the folks dwelling there in an effort to “reduce the footprint for months.”
“The Homelessness Services Outreach from City of Vancouver have also attended, but the individuals have not been willing to engage,” the assertion added.
“We understand and recognize that people have experiences that lead them to choose not to move into housing or shelter, but this situation involved potentially hazardous materials of risk to humans, animals and the park.”
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The metropolis mentioned Tuesday {that a} dozen park rangers together with police and firefighters attended the encampment, which is in a wooded space of the park, and instructed its 5 residents they wanted to pack up beneath metropolis bylaws.
City employees eliminated 16 25-lb. propane tanks and three small inexperienced tanks from the location.
The metropolis mentioned rangers, police and firefighters would return Wednesday to “continue the process of helping them leave the site,” after which sanitation and parks operation staff would return to take away trash and particles.
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