Homeless encampment fire damages storage facility in SLO
January 5, 2023
By JOSH FRIEDMAN
A fire that likely started at a homeless encampment burned part of a storage unit in San Luis Obispo Wednesday evening.
Shortly before 8 p.m., a caller reported a fire at Meathead Mini Storage located at 3600 S. Higuera Street. A sprinkler system kept the blaze in check before firefighters arrived, according to the San Luis Obispo Fire Department.
Firefighters contained the blaze to a single storage unit and then extinguished it. The storage unit fire was likely caused by a blaze at a homeless encampment located behind Meathead Mini Storage, fire officials say.
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