For about a year, Seattle commuters have been watching a homeless camp grow near the interchange of Interstates 5 and 90. Tuesday night a fire broke out at the camp, the fourth time the fire department responded to the site this month.
The city informally refers to it as the Jose Rizal encampment, named after the city park that sits just to the east. It is just one of 400 unsanctioned encampments in the city. What is home to some is an eyesore to many.
"A lot of people who live out here have mental issues or drug addiction issues and such, so they're not able to take care of themselves or their area as well as some people might be able to," said camper Chris Erickson.