Fairfield Park Playground Goes Up In Flames After Neighbors Called 911 Reporting Homeless Encampment Fires

CBS Bay Area

January 21, 2025

FAIRFIELD -- A playground caught fire and was destroyed over the weekend in Fairfield's state streets neighborhood along the Linear Park Trail.

It happened around 2 a.m. on Saturday when, the Fairfield Fire Department confirmed, a fire ruined the playset, resulting in around $500,000 in damage.

"We get frequent fire calls on the entire length of the Linear trail," a spokesperson for the fire department told CBS13, adding that many of those fires are "warming fires" and they see homeless encampments all throughout the trail.

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