Ava Kershner is a Multimedia Journalist and Producer at ABC 10News.
Over the past month, Mark Polinsky has had to call to 911 two times.Both for fires he believes started in homeless encampments.While he says he feels for those living by the riverbed, the flames are getting too close for comfort.“I was closing up my house and I happened to notice a plume of smoke about 20 ft high,” said Mark Polinksy, a Mission Valley resident of 36 years.The day of the fire near Fashion Valley Mall, Mark Polinksky was one of the first to call 911.
Now in February, as Polinsky looks out from his balcony-- he sees Fashion Valley Mall, a scorched hillside, and:“A homeless camp,” said Polinsky.With fears of another fire starting, he has called the City of San Diego to clean it up.But the city told 10News it was Caltrans property.Caltrans told us it was private property.“I'm kind of, I hate to say, getting the run around,” said Polinsky.
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