Squatters who have taken over Davis Park and the nearby snow dump in Anchorage had weeks of warning that the park was being taken back over by the city, and encampments would be abated. On the day that abatement started, Tuesday, the vagrants began torching it, with multiple fires, in protest.
Anchorage Fire Department said there are “multiple fires through the Davis Park Area. Stay clear of Mountain View Drive while your firefighters continue to work. Orange flames shot high into the trees on what is an area that is prone to wildfires that could endanger lives in urban Anchorage.
We have video sent by a source and will update the story as more information becomes available:
Mayor Suzanne LaFrance has, apparently, lost control of the criminal vagrant population in Anchorage, something she ran on when she filed for office, after having criticized former Mayor Dave Bronson for his “incompetence.” The radical left who support her will not likely hold her accountable as Anchorage heads into the high fire danger season. The Davis Park area has been dubbed by Must Read Alaska readers as SLAZ, the Suzanne LaFrance Autonomous Zone, a lawless place where criminals and druggies rule.
Meanwhile, three Assembly members have filed an ordinance to prohibit the squatting on public land.
