Residents have been evacuated from a homeless camp in Maple Ridge, B.C., where three fires have broken out this week.
John Newton, 28, is seen behind police tape in Maple Ridge, B.C., on Saturday, March 2, 2019. Newton says he was the last resident to leave the Anita Place homeless camp in Maple Ridge, B.C., when police and firefighters enforced an evacuation order Saturday and cordoned off the area. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Amy SmartLast Updated Saturday, March 2, 2019 9:17PM EST
"I've got nowhere else to go. That's why I'm here in the first place," he said, adding he has lived in the camp for almost a year and a half. Anita Place formed nearly two years ago as a protest over unaffordable housing, as well as the closure of a busy Maple Ridge shelter.The City of Maple Ridge said in a statement the evacuation order was issued due to the risk of explosion and imminent danger to life.
Meantime, provincial Housing Minister Selina Robinson said the province had activated emergency social services to provide "significant support" to affected campers. Dozens of the camp's former residents now live in modular housing opened by the province several months ago, she said.The B.C. Supreme Court granted the city an injunction last month to remove heaters and stoves because they pose a fire risk.
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